Burnout en Profesionales de la Salud de instituciones públicas y privadas de la provincia de Loja – Ecuador, durante el año 2017

Abstract

The professionals of the health institutions are one of the groups with greater risk to develop burnout syndrome, due to the fact that they are subject to stressors that encourage the increase of different levels of stress. The objective of the present study was to know the prevalence of Burnout syndrome and its three dimensions in doctors and nurses of public and private health centers in the cities of Cariamanga, Catamayo and Macará in the province of Loja. The methodology used was related to an exploratory method of descriptive, cross-sectional and correlational type. The results obtained determined the absence of Burnout syndrome in doctors and nurses under study. Regarding the dimensions, the physicians presented in emotional exhaustion 20.7%, depersonalization 3.4% and low personal accomplishment 62.1%; on the contrary, the nurses showed in emotional exhaustion 16.7%, 0% in depersonalization and 100% in low personal fulfillment; the results obtained allow us to set a precedent for the importance of the design and implementation of programs to prevent Burnout syndrome in these health institutions