Burnout syndrome in medical personnel of a health service provider in Cartagena

Abstract

Introduction: Stress and psychosomatic illnesses are more frequent nowadays and affect health and job performance. Objective: To determine prevalence of Burnout syndrome and associated factors in physicians from a private health services provider institution in Cartagena. Methodology: A crosssectional analytical study was conducted. Sample was constituted by 112 physicians from the private health services provider institution. For data collection, a socio-demographic survey and the Maslach  Burnout Inventory (MBI) of Maslach and Jackson were applied. Statistical analysis was made using SPSS ® v.20 functions for non-parametric studies like Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis tests to estimate associations between variables. Results: Personal accomplishment and burnout syndrome are associated with gender, both being higher in females. General physicians with no residency accomplished and less expertise at work report higher scores on emotional exhaustion. Results can vary significantly depending of the specialization area of the surveyed physicians.