Burnout syndrome and associated factors among medical doctors and nurses in the internal medicine service of Dr. Gustavo Fricke Hospital
Burnout syndrome and associated factors among medical doctors and nurses in the internal medicine service of Dr. Gustavo Fricke Hospital

Summary/Abstract: Introduction: Occupational burnout consists on a chronic adaptive disorder linked to the psychosocial demands of working with people, where a prolonged exposure to demanding factors in the workplace results in long-term stress, fatigue, and irritability. According to the Maslach Burnout Inventory, its diagnostic dimensions are emotion exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. Objective: This study expected to find prevalence of Burnout Syndrome (BS) among medical and nursing staff of the Medicine Service of Hospital Dr. Gustavo Fricke in Viña del Mar, Chile. The study also looked for risk factors and protective factors involved in the development of BS in these cases. Method: Descriptive cross-sectional analysis with simple random sampling, corresponding to 74% of total doctors and nurses among Hospital Gustavo Fricke’s internal medicine service. Two assessment scales were applied: Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and a questionnaire that assesses risk factors and protective factors for BS development. Results: 38 medical doctors and 14 nurses were included. Median values in the dimensional scales of MBI were of 23.9 for emotional exhaustion, 31.9 for personal accomplishment and 10 for depersonalization. There were no findings of proper BS among the participants, but moderate to high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were found. We didn´t see association between BS and sociodemographic variables. Conclusion: There were no BS among doctors and nurses of the Internal Medicine Service of Hospital Gustavo Fricke, but moderate to high levels of EE and DP were found among this population, which might indicate development of BS in the near future.

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