Revista Arbitrada Interdisciplinaria de Ciencias de la Salud. Salud y Vida
versión On-line ISSN 2610-8038
Resumen
FERNANDEZ-PINTO, Ruth Maribel; ALBORNOZ-ZAMORA, Elsa Josefina y GONZALEZ-SALAS, Raúl. Interpretation of emotional exhaustion in nursing staff in the intensive care unit. Salud y Vida [online]. 2025, vol.9, n.esp1, pp.376-385. Epub 30-Oct-2025. ISSN 2610-8038. https://doi.org/10.35381/s.v.v9i1.4679.
Objectives:
To interpret emotional exhaustion in nursing staff in intensive care units through systematic review of scientific literature.
Methods:
Observational, retrospective and cross-sectional study through systematic review following PRISMA 2020 methodology. The search was conducted in Google Scholar during January 2023, selecting articles published between 2014-2022 with full text and free access. Descriptors used: "emotional exhaustion" OR "nursing" OR "intensive care unit". Specific inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied.
Results:
From 20,700 initial records, 10 articles that met the established criteria were selected. Studies report high emotional exhaustion prevalence between 8.1% and 64.9% in ICU nursing staff. The most relevant risk factors identified were: age (range 32-52 years), female gender, work experience over 16 years, and characteristics of the critical work environment.
Palabras clave : Psychological exhaustion; critical care nursing; intensive care units..










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