Burnout syndrome, sociodemographic and labor variables in medical specialist at the Hospital Valentin Gomez Farias, Mexico

Abstract

Introduction: Burnout syndrome is considered as a result to chronic labor stress. Some variables of sociodemographic and/or work type can take part and influence in the appearance of such syndrome. The objective was to analyze the relationship between sociodemographic and labor factors with the Burnout Syndrome in medical specialists at the Hospital Valentin Gomez Farias, Mexico.

Methodology: The study was descriptive and cross-sectional. The questionnaire of sociodemographic and occupational data and the scale of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HS) were used. The statistical analysis were descriptive (means and percentages) and inferential (partnerships between the variables under study).

Results: Of the 119 doctors, 64.7% were male and 35.3% female, with an average age of 34 years. The prevalence of Burnout Syndrome was 51.3%, for the emotional exhaustion dimension of 31.1%, for the low realization of 35.3% and 18.5% in depersonalization. There were found associations between being younger than the average with emotional exhaustion, less working time, and work in a mixed turn with depersonalization, and as protective variables are part of the emergency department and consultations clinics towards depersonalization.

Conclusion: It is likely that physicians suffering from Burnout Syndrome would not be in good health conditions to work. So, we consider it urgent to identify the problems causing such pain. In this way, it will be possible to propose both prevention and treatment.