Euro-Burn I: Assessment of burnout syndrome in health workers in a mediterranean country during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Rosa María Diaz Vizcaya, María José Rodríguez Rivas, Helia Mariño Méndez, María Teresa Alvés Pérez and José López Castro

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2023, vol. 69, issue 7, 1682-1692

Abstract: Background: Burnout syndrome (BS) has a negative impact among health professionals. Aims: Our research objective is to quantify the level of burnout in health workers of the Spanish National Health System during the COVID-19 pandemic using and comparing two independent measurement instruments. Methods: Cross-sectional, descriptive and multicenter study conducted through an anonymous online survey among health workers of the National Health System, measuring the level of burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI). Results: A total of 448 questionnaires were analyzed, the mean age of the participants was 43.53 years (range: 20–64), 365 (81.5%) women. 161 (35.9%) participants presented BS measured with the MBI and 304 (67.9%) measured with the CBI. Regarding work contract, those who had greater job stability presented a higher degree of cynicism with respect to the eventual ones ( p  = .010), the eventual ones presenting higher mean scores in professional efficacy ( p  = .034). Urban workers had higher scores of exhaustion ( p  

Keywords: Burnout syndrome; health care workers; Maslach Burnout Inventory; Copenhagen burnout inventory; SARS-CoV2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/00207640231174364

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