Mental Health Upon Return to Face-To-Face Classes: Burnout Syndrome in Basic Education Teachers

Abstract

Introduction: During the return to face-to-face classes, teachers are facing new challenges and demands because students were unable to learn adequately through the virtual modality implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then, the increase in workload could affect their mental health and cause the appearance of burnout syndrome. Objective: Describe the level of burnout syndrome in basic education teachers upon return to face-to-face classes. Methods: The approach is quantitative, the design non-experimental and the descriptive type cross-sectional. The sample consisted of 170 teachers of whom applied the Maslach Burnout Inventory, an instrument with adequate levels of validity and reliability.