Niveles de Burnout en profesionales de la salud y su relación con indicadores laborales

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to analyze the relationship between the levels of the syndrome burnout with labor indicators in health professionals from Zone 7 of Ecuador. The sample is 232 medical professionals and nursing graduates, with a design of research with a quantitative, transversal, non-experimental, descriptive-correlational approach. The instruments used are: Sociodemographic and Labor Questionnaire, and Maslasch Burnout Inventory (MBI). Among the results, greater exhaustion was found in women and doctors, greater depersonalization in men and doctors, and low personal achievement in women and nurses. Regarding labor indicators, the majority of those evaluated did not presents workload, more than half job insecurity and one to two years of experience. Regarding the correlational analysis, it was observed that there is a correlation significant negative relationship between years of experience and the presence of burnout. In conclusion, hours worked did not present a significant relationship with the presence of burnout; while, the years of experience do present it and it is indicated that the more experience the lower the risk of presenting the syndrome.