Burnout syndrome in a group of health professionals

Abstract

Introduction: burnout Syndrome designates the wear and tear that occurs in a person due to their professional performance, resulting in performance below expectations. It currently constitutes a problem due to its high prevalence, mainly in health professionals.Methods: it is a cross-sectional descriptive study, with a sample of 15 workers, where the methods used were the interview and the Maslach Burnout Questionnaire.Results: among the main results, Burnout syndrome was found in a high range, mainly for the dimension of “emotional fatigue”. In the case of “depersonalization”, the results were average and for the “personal fulfillment” dimension the indices were low, which implies a health problem for the study subjects.Conclusions: characterizing the syndrome in health professionals is vital to understand, prevent and treat it. Due to its consequences on the environment and the performance of organizations, the prevention and treatment of the syndrome transcends the individual and allows significant benefits to be obtained (greater economic income, better customer treatment, less absenteeism, among others) for the workplace. of affected or at-risk individuals.