Factores asociados al desgaste en cuidadores formales que prestan sus servicios en un hospital psiquiátrico privado ubicado al norte de la ciudad de Quito, provincia de Pichincha durante el año 2024-2025

Abstract

Abstract: The general objective of this research is to identify the factors associated with burnout in formal caregivers who provide their services in a private psychiatric hospital located in the north of the city of Quito, Province of Pichincha during the year 2024-2025. The sample in which the research is developed are fifty formal caregivers with a quantitative approach, of non-experimental type since the characteristics and analysis of results obtained will be described with precision, in addition it is framed in a cross-sectional research design. Therefore, validated instruments such as the Ad Hoc Sociodemographic Questionnaire, Caregiver Burden Interview, General Health Questionnaire, Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Subscales, Empathy Burnout Syndrome Scale, Maslach Chronic Job Stress Inventory were applied. According to the data collected, it is concluded that the evaluated group does not present major burnout factors, possibly because there is a good functioning and organization in the work environment, however, there are lower but alarming percentages that may be a risk for the development of negative symptoms.