Prevalence and associated factors of burnout syndrome in health personnel working in pediatrics and neonatology A single-center observational study

Abstract

Introduction: The workload and the results of burnout syndrome (SB) in personnel working in the areas of pediatrics and neonatology are related to the time spent in the work area. The study aimed to evaluate the association between occupational and sociodemographic factors and burnout syndrome in a high-flow pediatric public hospital in Quito, Ecuador.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with the participation of health personnel from the pediatrics and neonatology areas of the Hospital General San Francisco in Quito-Ecuador between January and December 2021. The Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services scale was used. The sample is nonprobabilistic. A bivariate analysis compares the personnel with BS against those without BS. A study of risk factors with odds ratios (ORs) is presented.

Results: A total of 135 workers were surveyed. The prevalence of BS was 3.6% (95% CI: 0.9 – 8.96). The “tendency” to have BS was 90.09% (95% CI: 82.83 – 94.49). 54.05% (95% CI: 44.3 - 63.6). There were no differences between age, sex, marital status, and family burden between the study groups. It was determined that the work of postgraduates had an OR 8.75 (2-38.1), P=0.004 and specialists OR=4.5 (1.24-16.7), P=0.02, the workload from 40 to 60 hours OR= 8.3 (2.81-24.6), P<0.0001 and more than 60 hours 12.1 (3.51-42.1) P<0.0001.

Conclusions: The prevalence of the tendency toward BS was high, and the workload was directly related to the presence of BS in workers in the pediatric and neonatology areas.