Relación entre el burnout y las variables psicológicas (salud mental y personalidad) en profesionales de medicina

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Abstract:The objective of this study was to evaluate the burnout syndrome in doctors, who perform complex activities, require constant preparation and a favorable work environment; The relationship with the personality variables (psychoticism, neuroticism and extraversion) and mental health status (anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms and social dysfunction) was analyzed; A non-experimental study was carried out, 608 Ecuadorian doctors participated. The following instruments were applied: Maslach Burnout Inventory, General Health Questionnaire [GHQ-28] and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire [EPQR-A]; Regarding the results in the burnout dimensions, a high emotional exhaustion was reported (78.6%); high depersonalization (15.8%), low personal fulfillment (10.9%); In the correlations, it was evidenced that doctors with neuroticism and psychoticism personality traits are likely to suffer from the syndrome, however, extraversion is a protective factor, which did not show a relationship withthe syndrome; in the symptoms of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, a positive correlation was obtained between anxiety, depression, somatic symptoms and social dysfunction, while, in personal fulfillment, a negative correlation was reported in all the mentioned variables.