Introduction:

The potential for emerging infectious diseases is a major global health problem. Among the viruses that cause emerging diseases are coronaviruses. Epidemiological and etiological investigations detected in 2019 a new coronavirus, which dramatically increased the workload in health facilities.

Aim:

To identify constructs that trigger Burnout syndrome in nurses at the front line of COVID-19.

Method:

Consolidated integrative review using five health databases, using two search strategies: (Coronavirus OR “COVID- 19” OR “SARV-COV-2”) AND ("Professional Exhaustion" OR "Professional Exhaustion") AND ( Nursing OR "Nurses") and (“Coronavirus Infections” OR “COVID- 19” OR coronavirus OR “SARV-COV-2”) AND ("Burnout, Professional" OR "Occupational Burnout") AND (Nursing OR Nurse) for PUBMED , Web of Science and Scopus. Rayyan was used for screening and selection of studies.

Results:

Nineteen articles were included, with health professionals at the forefront of care for people with COVID-19, in 14 health institutions in different geographic locations. 10 constructs related to the three dimensions of burnout were identified in nurses in the front line in assisting COVID-19 There was a greater identification of constructs in the dimension of emotional exhaustion, with a predominance of emotional exhaustion, occupational stress, fear, anxiety and overload occupational.

Conclusions:

The constructs that trigger the burnout syndrome in nursing professionals working on the front line to COVID-19 are occupational stress, emotional exhaustion, fear, anxiety, anguish, occupational overload, post-traumatic stress, changes in personality, family problems and reduction professional satisfaction.

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