PREVALENCIA D EL SÍNDROME DE BURNOUT EN EL PERSONAL DE ENFERMERÍA DEL HOSPITAL GENERAL DOCENTE DE CALDERÓN

Abstract

The main objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome, a type of prolonged stress, in the nursing staff of the General Teaching Hospital of Calderón. A transversal descriptive study was carried out in a population constituted by 250 people distributed in different subprocesses or areas. To fulfill the objectives, a questionnaire was applied to the nursing staff, its first part consisted of general data: age, sex, work activity, work overload, shifts, marital status, area in which they work and labor conflicts. In the second section of the questionnaire we used the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) instrument, which consists of 22 items that assess the 3 aspects of the syndrome: emotional fatigue, depersonalization and lack of personal fulfillment. The results of the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome, in the General Teaching Hospital of Calderón, were evidenced according to the three aspects of Maslach Burnout Inventory: Emotional tiredness with a representation of 63.8%; With regard to depersonalization, the levels were low at 60% and in relation to personal fulfillment, it was identified that the majority is at the high level with 83.85%. In addition, a greater vulnerability in the female staff of suffering from burnout syndrome was demonstrated, and an increase if it is in the age range between 30 to 40 years.