Burnout and health personnel in Morelos

Abstract

This research aims to identify the existence of burnout syndrome in a sample of 124 nurses from a health organization in Morelos. The instruments used were the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and a questionnaire to measure the sociodemographic and employment profile of the study subjects. We sought to measure the existence of the syndrome in three subscales measured by the MBI: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal fulfillment at work, and relate them to sociodemographic and occupational variables. A descriptive statistical study and an inferential analysis were carried out using the statistical package SPSS version 26. The main results found were the following: Nurses present low levels of burnout according to the results obtained in its three dimensions: emotional exhaustion (9.62), depersonalization (3.31) and personal fulfillment at work (41.87). There are no significant differences between the three dimensions of burnout and the sociodemographic and occupational variables. Although the results indicate low levels of Burnout, it is pertinent to replicate the research in other groups of nurses susceptible to suffering from the syndrome, as well as to carry out interventions, providing them with strategies that allow them to face the demands of their activity.