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Burnout syndrome in different teaching levels during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This article's purpose is to compare burnout syndrome indicators at different levels of teaching in Brazil during the covid-19 pandemic. The comparison also considers the teachers' quality of life and health, working conditions, and digital competence.

Methods

The hypotheses of this study are that there are statistically significant differences in teachers' burnout rates, quality of life, working conditions, and digital competences depending on the teaching level. A mixed-methods ex-post-facto survey involved 438 Brazilian teachers, with a mean age of 42.93 years (SD = 9.66), 330 females (75%) and 108 males (25%). Data were collected through an online questionnaire. Statistical analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests was performed to compare groups, the Tukey test for paired comparison of the analyzed groups, and the chi-square to verify the association between variables.

Results

Higher levels of digital competence were associated with lower burnout syndrome scores. Elementary and middle school teachers presented worse quality of life and health indexes. Adapting pedagogical work involved learning but also overwork, exhaustion, and frustration.

Conclusions

The study concludes that basic education teachers had higher burnout rate scores than higher education teachers during the covid-19 pandemic and that early childhood education should be treated as a separate category.

Trial registration

Ethics approval was obtained from the University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) Research Ethics Committee (4.432.063, December 7, 2020). Informed consent was obtained from all subjects.

SUBMITTER: Ramos DK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896436 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Burnout syndrome in different teaching levels during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil.

Ramos Daniela Karine DK Anastácio Bruna Santana BS da Silva Gleice Assunção GA Rosso Leila Urioste LU Mattar João J

BMC public health 20230203 1

<h4>Background</h4>This article's purpose is to compare burnout syndrome indicators at different levels of teaching in Brazil during the covid-19 pandemic. The comparison also considers the teachers' quality of life and health, working conditions, and digital competence.<h4>Methods</h4>The hypotheses of this study are that there are statistically significant differences in teachers' burnout rates, quality of life, working conditions, and digital competences depending on the teaching level. A mix ...[more]

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Burnout syndrome in different teaching levels during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil.

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Conclusions

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Burnout syndrome in different teaching levels during the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil.

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