Caregivers are a particular target for psychosocial risks, including stress and burnout. Burnout is aconsequence of exposure to permanent and prolonged stress. It concerns professions with high mental,emotional and emotional demands and high responsibility such as nurses. The objective of this studywas to describe and identify psychosocial risks, occupational stress and its components in healthprofessionals. This epidemiological study involved 191 health professionals working in the provincialhospital centers of Kenitra and Sidi Slimane, Morocco. The questionnaire included: socio-demographicand occupational data; the Karasek scale (KJCQ) with its three components: psychological demand (DP),decision-making latitude (LD) and social support (SS). These three dimensions allow the identificationof risk situations. Job strain is the combination of low decision latitude and high psychological demand.The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) scale consists of three dimensions (emotional exhaustion,depersonalization and feeling of personal fulfillment at work). The positive diagnosis of burnout waschosen if the score exceeded the values defined in one of the three components of MBI (high for thefirst two and low for the third).
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