Burnout syndrome among family physicians

BACKGROUND: burnout syndrome is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion that can occur among workers who interact directly with others. This could affect job performance. The objective was to determine the prevalence of this syndrome and its associated factors among family physicians.

METHODS: a cross-sectional survey applying the Maslach Burnout Inventory was conducted in a selected convenience non-probability sampling of family physicians. Central tendency and dispersion measures were used in determining the prevalence of burnout syndrome; the associated factors were analysed by χ(2) test.

RESULTS: there were 59 cases of burnout syndrome, 36 had involvement in a single component, 15 in 2 and 8 were affected in 3 components; we observed that 35 % of positive cases reported doing an average of 10 extra shifts a month (p = 0.013). Having a second job was associated with positive cases of burnout syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS: the results are consistent with similar studies. Working extra shifts or having a second job were the related factors most associated to this syndrome.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social - 51(2013), 4 vom: 10. Juli, Seite 428-31

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Síndrome de agotamiento profesional en los médicos familiares

Beteiligte Personen:

Sánchez-Cruz, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Mugártegui-Sánchez, Sharon [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Agotamiento profesional
Burnout, professional
English Abstract
Journal Article
Médicos de familia
Physicians, family

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.11.2013

Date Revised 26.08.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM230727549