Levels of vocational satisfaction, burnout and compassion fatigue of health professionals working in pediatric clinics

Table 2 Distribution of healthcare professionals by work features (n = 128)

Features	n	%
Working time in child health and disease
< 1 yr	32	25.0
1–2 yr	10	7.8
3–5 yr	45	35.2
≥ 6 yr	41	32.0
How did she/he settle in the clinic where she worked?
By myself	37	28.9
My profession	18	14.1
By administration	73	57.0
How it works
Continuous day	22	17.2
Seizure	100	78.1
Othera	6	4.7
Hospital worked
Public hospital	113	88.3
Private hospital	15	11.7
Overtime work in the last 6 mo
Yes	109	85.2
No	19	14.8
Satisfaction with working conditions
Yes	14	10.9
No	52	40.6
Partially	62	48.4
Reasons for dissatisfaction
Communication problems in the working environment	31	24.2
Inadequate social facilities	40	31.3
Incompatibility of physical conditions in the environment	27	21.1
Economic shortcomings	15	11.7
Failure to rise on duty	1	0.8
Other	14	10.9
Confrontation with child death in the clinic working in the last 6 mo
Yes	66	51.6
No	62	48.4
Weekly average hours of operation mean ± SD (min–max)	51.80 ± 11.918 (32.0–120.0)

^aIn some clinics, they work with an 8-h shift system or 08:00-00:00 and 16:00-00:00 h.