Síndrome de Burnout en posgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria III Cohorte. Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: Burnout syndrome was declared in 2000 by the World Health Organization as an occupational risk factor due to its ability to affect quality of life, mental health and even put life at risk. (1) Its prevalence varies widely from one country to another and even within the same national territory, depending on the characteristics of the health system. (2) Methods: Descriptive research with an observational approach, crosssectional, prospective and analytical data collection planning that included 77 physicians. The application of a survey prepared by the author that included the MBI Questionnaire (Maslach Burnout Inventory) was used for the evaluation of Burnout Syndrome. Results: we found through the MBI the presence of Burnout syndrome in 8 postgraduate doctors. According to the three dimensions that establish the Burnout syndrome, it was determined that 24.7% of the population presented high emotional exhaustion, 15.6% low depersonalization and 26% low personal fulfillment. The sociodemographic characteristics that predominated were: age between 35 to 39 years, female sex, mixed ethnicity, married marital status, having 1 to 2 children. The most common risk factors for the development of Burnout syndrome in the study population were sleep time of 6 hours or less per day, time of physical activity less than 150 minutes per week.