Síndrome de desgaste profesional en médicos del Hospital Docente Pediátrico Cerro / Professional Burnout Syndrome in doctors of the Pediatric Teaching Hospital of Cerro

RESUMEN

Introducción: El Síndrome de desgaste profesional o burnout constituye una respuesta al estrés laboral crónico, que se origina al fracasar las estrategias que emplean las personas para tratar estas situaciones. Objetivo: Determinar la frecuencia del Síndrome de desgaste profesional y el comportamiento de sus tres componentes, en médicos del Hospital Pediátrico Docente Cerro. Material y Método: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo, transversal, en una muestra de 45 médicos que laboraron en durante el mes de marzo de 2017, de un universo de 65 profesionales. Se empleó el cuestionario Maslach Burnout Inventor. Se clasificaron como Síndrome de desgaste profesional cuando las tres secciones estaban con cifras elevadas. Los sujetos que en tres de ellas mostraron grados bajos fueron clasificados como no propensos los que alcanzaron tener en alguna división un grado medio se consideraron propenso en forma moderada; los que mostraron un grado alto y los otros grupos media y baja, fueron valorados como altamente propenso a presentar el citado síndrome. Se utilizaron proporciones simples y las medidas de tendencia central para el análisis. Resultados: Se obtuvo 100 por ciento de respuestas, 6,7 por ciento de los evaluados presentó el Síndrome de desgaste profesional, 31,1 por ciento se evaluó como no propenso. El resto de la población se mostró en 26,6 por ciento moderadamente propenso y 35,5 por ciento altamente propenso. Conclusiones: Es importante considerar y evaluar la existencia de este síndrome que aunque muestra una baja frecuencia, expresa gran peligro potencial, a desarrollar el mismo, en más de la mitad de la población estudiada(AU)

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Professional Burnout Syndrome is a response to chronic work stress, which results from the failure of the strategies to treat these situations. Objective: To determine the frequency of Professional Burnout Syndrome and the behaviour of its three components in the doctors of the Pediatric Teaching Hospital of Cerro. Material and method: A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 45 doctors from a universe of 65 professionals who worked during the month of March 2018. Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) was used. They were classified as presenting Professional Burnout Syndrome when the three sections had very high figures. The individuals that demonstrated to have low degrees were classified as not prone to the syndrome; those that reached an average degree in some dimension were considered moderately prone; the ones that showed a high degree as well as other groups with average and low degrees were assessed as highly prone to presenting the aforementioned syndrome. Simple proportions and central tendency measures were used for the analysis. Results: A 100 of answers were obtained; 6.7 percent of those evaluated presented Professional Burnout Syndrome; 31.1 percent were evaluated as not prone. The rest of the population showed to be moderately prone (26.6 percent) and a 35.5 percent was considered highly prone. Conclusions: It is important to take into account and evaluate the existence of this syndrome which, although it demonstrates to have a low frequency, it shows a great potential danger of developing the syndrome in more than half of the population studied(AU)