Burnout Syndrome and Related Factors in Mexican Police Workforces

Irene N. Torres-Vences, Eduardo Pérez-Campos Mayoral, Miguel Mayoral, Eduardo Lorenzo Pérez-Campos, Margarito Martínez-Cruz, Iban Torres-Bravo and Juan Alpuche
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Irene N. Torres-Vences: Doctorado en Ciencias en Desarrollo Regional y Tecnológico, Tecnológico Nacional de México, IT Oaxaca, Oaxaca 68030, Mexico
Eduardo Pérez-Campos Mayoral: Centro de Investigación Facultad de Medicina UNAM-UABJO, Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca 68020, Mexico
Miguel Mayoral: Centro de Investigación Facultad de Medicina UNAM-UABJO, Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca 68020, Mexico
Eduardo Lorenzo Pérez-Campos: Centro de Investigación Facultad de Medicina UNAM-UABJO, Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca 68020, Mexico
Margarito Martínez-Cruz: Tecnológico Nacional de México, IT Oaxaca, Oaxaca 68030, Mexico
Iban Torres-Bravo: Red Nacional de Asociaciones Policiales, A.C. Puebla 72480, Mexico
Juan Alpuche: Centro de Investigación Facultad de Medicina UNAM-UABJO, Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca 68020, Mexico

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Burnout (BO) is a response to prolonged exposure to work-related stressors characterized by emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and reduced personal accomplishment (PA). The police working environment includes continued critical life-threatening situations, violence, and injuries, among other related factors putting them at high risk of distress. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between Burnout Syndrome and sociodemographic, occupational, and health factors in Mexican police officers. We applied the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) to 351 active members of the Mexican police workforce. In addition, a specific questionnaire identified the presence of chronic degenerative diseases, hypertension, diabetes, digestive diseases, self-perception of food quality, and hours of sleep. Furthermore, 23.36% of police workforces presented high levels of burnout; 44.16% of police were highly emotionally exhausted, 49.29% had lost empathy with people, and 41.03% presented low personal achievement. Moreover, the worst levels of the syndrome were present in people with a poor self-perceived health status, poor perception of diet quality, without regular mealtimes, bad sleep habits, and elevated Body Mass Index. Data suggest that in Mexican police officers, BO is dimensionally different from all other groups previously studied (DP > EE > PA).

Keywords: burnout; occupational health; police (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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