Prevalencia del síndrome de burnout en médicos y enfermeras de una institución pública, ubicada al sur de Guayaquil, durante el año 2016 - 2017

Abstract

Abstract:The burnout syndrome was defined as a type of reaction to chronic emotional stress as a result of intensive work and is confirmed by the presence of certain characteristic features, such as mental and emotional exhaustion, the individualization of their activities and the lack of personal development. In this study, we will determine the impact and consequences of burnout syndrome and its scope to analyze and determine the relationship between emotional exhaustion and neuroticism in two public health institutions located in the city of Guayaquil, through the use of sociodemographic questionnaires, an inventory of the exhaustion of Maslach, a coping strategies questionnaire, a personality questionnaire, a health and social support questionnaire, made to a total of 40 specialists between doctors and nurses, finding the burnout syndrome in three of them. The results of this study identify that there is no significant correlation between burnout syndrome and neuroticism.