Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas
<strong>Background:</strong> burnout or professional burnout syndrome manifests itself in workers, with a progressive loss of energy until reaching exhaustion, symptoms of anxiety, depression, job demotivation and aggressiveness. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to des...
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| author | Elsy Labrada González María Isabel Fong Betancourt Lina Espinoza Pire María del Carmen Yabor Labrada |
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| description | <strong>Background:</strong> burnout or professional burnout syndrome manifests itself in workers, with a progressive loss of energy until reaching exhaustion, symptoms of anxiety, depression, job demotivation and aggressiveness. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the characteristics of professional burnout syndrome in doctors in the COVID-19 care area. <br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample was made up of the 55 doctors who worked in the COVID-19 care area of the Hospital General Puyo, in Ecuador during the year 2021. The voluntary nature to participate in the study and that they had worked in that area and in that period. The sociodemographic variables analyzed were: age, seniority at work, and the instrument used was the Maslach Burnout Inventor questionnaire. Data was collected online using Google forms, tabulated in Microsoft Excel, and analyzed using the SPSS statistical package. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the age range between 30 and 40 years predominated without difference in terms of sex. The highest percentage according to work seniority is occupied by the range between 3 and 10 years. More than a third of the professionals developed some symptom related to burnout syndrome. Of the 20 workers with the presence of burnout, 13 belong to the age group of 31 to 40 years. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the search for alternatives that guarantee better working conditions will contribute to reducing the physical and emotional exhaustion of health professionals. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3e837e9be2b4657a48aa031b9e7b6f02025-01-30T21:29:01ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2023-07-0121383892350Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care AreasElsy Labrada González0María Isabel Fong Betancourt1Lina Espinoza Pire2María del Carmen Yabor Labrada3Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Ambato. Ecuador.Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Ambato. Ecuador.Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Ambato. Ecuador.Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes. Ambato. Ecuador.<strong>Background:</strong> burnout or professional burnout syndrome manifests itself in workers, with a progressive loss of energy until reaching exhaustion, symptoms of anxiety, depression, job demotivation and aggressiveness. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the characteristics of professional burnout syndrome in doctors in the COVID-19 care area. <br /><strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample was made up of the 55 doctors who worked in the COVID-19 care area of the Hospital General Puyo, in Ecuador during the year 2021. The voluntary nature to participate in the study and that they had worked in that area and in that period. The sociodemographic variables analyzed were: age, seniority at work, and the instrument used was the Maslach Burnout Inventor questionnaire. Data was collected online using Google forms, tabulated in Microsoft Excel, and analyzed using the SPSS statistical package. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the age range between 30 and 40 years predominated without difference in terms of sex. The highest percentage according to work seniority is occupied by the range between 3 and 10 years. More than a third of the professionals developed some symptom related to burnout syndrome. Of the 20 workers with the presence of burnout, 13 belong to the age group of 31 to 40 years. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the search for alternatives that guarantee better working conditions will contribute to reducing the physical and emotional exhaustion of health professionals.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5826burnoutagotamientodesgaste profesionaldespersonalización |
| spellingShingle | Elsy Labrada González María Isabel Fong Betancourt Lina Espinoza Pire María del Carmen Yabor Labrada Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas Medisur burnout agotamiento desgaste profesional despersonalización |
| title | Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas |
| title_full | Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas |
| title_fullStr | Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas |
| title_short | Presence of Professional Burnout Syndrome in COVID-19 Care Areas |
| title_sort | presence of professional burnout syndrome in covid 19 care areas |
| topic | burnout agotamiento desgaste profesional despersonalización |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5826 |
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