Identificación del Síndrome de Burnout en profesionales de la salud (médicos y enfermeras) en una institución pública, ubicada en el sector centro norte de la ciudad de Ibarra, durante el año 2017 – 2018.

Abstract

This research seeks to identify the Burnout Syndrome in health professionals (doctors and nurses) in a public institution, located in the north central sector of the city of Ibarra, during the year 2017 - 2018.

Occupational stressors to which health professionals are exposed on a daily basis can trigger burnout syndrome over time. If it is not detected and treated, it can cause severe health disorders, directly affecting their family, social and work environment.

In this research, the burnout syndrome and its associated variables were identified in 19 physicians and 20 nurses from a public health institution located in the northern center of the city of Ibarra. The exploratory method of descriptive - transversal cut was used, the following results were evidenced; in physicians there is high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization and low person realization, but in low percentages that does not exceed 36% of the sample investigated. In nurse’s emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization and low personal achievement are detected, but in lower percentages that do not exceed 20%.

There is a burnout syndrome in two doctors of the sample investigated, which does not show any case in the sample of the nursing staff. It is recommended that the institution, through the department of occupational health, implement programs aimed at preventing, detecting and treating burnout syndrome in its workers.