Burnout syndrome in health workers in Ceuta

作者：Dominguez Fernandez Julian Manuel; Herrera Clavero Francisco; Villaverde Gutierrez Maria del Carmen; Padilla Segura Ines; Martinez Bagur Maria Luisa; Dominguez Fernandez Javier

来源：Atencion Primaria, 2012, 44(1): 30-35.

DOI：10.1016/j.aprim.2011.01.004

• Cross-sectional study
• Burnout syndrome
• Employee Health Care
• Hospitals
• C-reactive protein

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the levels of burnout among employees of health care workers in the Health Area of Ceuta (Spain). %26lt;br%26gt;Design: Prevalence study. %26lt;br%26gt;Setting: Ceuta Health Area (Primary and Specialty Care). %26lt;br%26gt;Participants: A sample of 200 workers stratified by sex, job and workplace. %26lt;br%26gt;Measurements: The tool used was the MBI (Maslach Burnout Inventory). We also studied personal (age, sex, marital status) and work variables (centre, job, age) and blood parameters (C-reactive protein and others). %26lt;br%26gt;Results: The burnout syndrome was present in 17.2% of workers (95% CI: 10.4-26.0). There was a significant relationship with job, with differences in emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and professional achievement. C-reactive protein was significantly higher in workers with burnout. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: Burnout prevalence in the health care workers in our sample is similar to other studies. The differences between health and non-health workers could be due to greater motivation for professional achievement, but they scored higher in exhaustion and depersonalisation. The increase in C-reactive protein, a non-specific inflammation marker, seems to confirm the findings of other studies.

• 出版日期2012-1