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Objectives: To evaluate the predictors of burnout among work staff in the seven private agencies for support and defense of persons and their property. Material and Method: We performed a multicentric cross-sectional study that involved representative sample of working staff from Agencies of Private Security in Central Serbia. Results: A total number of participants were men and 23 women.
Measured level of burnout as assessed by high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment was We identified that female gender, younger age, shorter work experience, working in shifts, working 12 h a day and more than 8β12 h a day as well as dissatisfaction with working conditions.
Work in shifts, working 12 h a day and more than 8β12 h a day and dissatisfied with dissatisfaction with working conditions significantly increase the risk of total burnout. Conclusion: Our results showed that significant predictors for the development of burnout syndrome were female gender, younger age, shorter work experience, working in shifts, as well as dissatisfaction with working conditions. Burnout is a specific syndrome that is a consequence of prolonged exposal to occupational stress, and it is primarily specific for occupations featured by working with people in emotionally challenging situations 1.
There is a lot of research on the burnout syndrome of police officers around the world 3 β 10 , and the occupation of a police officer is undoubtedly one of the most stressful ones In addition to securing public order and peace and traffic regulation, similar work is also performed by employees who secure other people and their property. Three key aspects of the burnout syndrome are emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment, which occur as a response to chronic stress at jobs related to direct working with people 14 β Emotional exhaustion relates to an individual's assessment that their emotional and physical strength is exhausted over the limits, and the symptoms often manifest as fatigue, headache, insomnia, and appetite disorder.
