title: Moral distress and burnout syndrome: are there relationships between these phenomena in nursing workers?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify relationships between moral distress and Burnout in the professional performance from the perceptions of the experiences of nursing workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  this is a survey type study with 375 nursing workers working in three different hospitals of southern Rio Grande do Sul, with the application of adaptations of the Moral Distress Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory, validated and standardized for use in Brazil. Data validation occurred through factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha. For the data analysis bivariate analysis using Pearson's correlation and multivariate analysis using multiple regression were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the existence of a weak correlation between moral distress and Burnout was verified. A possible positive correlation between Burnout and therapeutic obstinacy, and a negative correlation between professional fulfillment and moral distress were identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the need was identified for further studies that include mediating and moderating variables that may explain more clearly the models studied.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Enfermagem, Santa MariaRS, Brazil, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Graziele de Lima
authors.initials: Gde L
authors.lastname: Dalmolin
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Enfermagem, Santa MariaRS, Brasil, PhD, Associate Professor, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Valéria Lerch
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Econômicas, Administrativas e Contábeis, Rio GrandeRS, Brasil, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Instituto de Ciências Econômicas, Administrativas e Contábeis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Guilherme Lerch
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Lunardi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem, Rio GrandeRS, Brasil, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Edison Luiz Devos
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Barlem
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem, Rio GrandeRS, Brasil, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosemary Silva da
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Silveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D009729:Nursing; D009740:Nursing Staff; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult