Negative psychosocial factors and Burnout Syndrome in health personnel in hospitals I-4

Abstract

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the work activity of healthcare personnel around the world, since it has altered their daily lives and modified their work performance, which has generated an increase in the incidence of the Syndrome of Burnout.Objective: describe the relationship between negative psychosocial factors and Burnout Syndrome of health personnel in type I-4 hospitals of the Ministry of Health, Lima-2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: this is a study with a quantitative approach, descriptive, observational and cross-sectional design, with a population of 19,325 subjects, including doctors, nurses and technical staff of type I-4 hospitals in Lima, Peru. The statistical sample was 377 participants; The established variables were: psychosocial factors at work and Burnout Syndrome.Results: a variability was observed in the incidence of Burnout Syndrome, where 48,3 % of individuals presented a low level; 49,4 %, a medium level and only 2,2 %, a high level. The correspondence between negative psychosocial factors and Burnout Syndrome indicates that the crossover between medium-level negative psychosocial factors and medium-level Burnout Syndrome is the most frequent, with a value of 48,3 %.Conclusions: finally, it is concluded that the negative psychosocial factors associated with Burnout Syndrome are mainly characterized by the conditions of the workplace, the work role, career development, as well as the workload