Identification of the Burnout Syndrome in medical staff of the emergency area in a second level hospital in Machala-Ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: stress and psychosomatic illnesses are more frequent nowadays, affect health, and job performance. Objective: identify the prevalence of burnout syndrome (SDP) or "Burnout", and the association with the sociodemographic and work variables in the medical staff of the emergency area of a Second Level Hospital. Methods: a study was carried out with a correlational approach; the population is made up of 96 doctors from a Second Level Hospital. For the collection of information, a sociodemographic survey and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) instrument were used. Results: personal fulfillment, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and Burnout syndrome are associated with sex, position and the experience of the Physicians; being thus the feminine sex, the Physicians that does not have specialty and the Physicians with smaller experience those that report higher scores of Burnout Syndrome. Emotional exhaustion varies significantly with respect to depersonalization and personal fulfillment in both men and women. Conclusions: the prevalence determined through the Maslach questionnaire is 86.5%, with a 2: 1 ratio in women over men.