Prevalência e fatores associados da síndrome de Burnout em docentes universitários

Background: burnout is one of the main examples of health disorders directly related to work. This is a psychological syndrome that results from exposure to stressors in the workplace and represents a considerable psychosocial problem. Objective: to establish the prevalence of and factors associated...

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Autores: Leite, Tatiane Isabela de Araújo, Fernandes, João Paulo Costa, Araújo, Fernanda Letícia da Costa, Pereira, Xiankarla de Brito Fernandes, Azevedo, Dulcian Medeiros de, Lucena, Eudes Euler de Souza
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UFRN
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/31862
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31862
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Burnout
Prevalência
Docência
Ensino superior
Burnout, psychological
Prevalence
Teaching
Education, higher.
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Sumario:Background: burnout is one of the main examples of health disorders directly related to work. This is a psychological syndrome that results from exposure to stressors in the workplace and represents a considerable psychosocial problem. Objective: to establish the prevalence of and factors associated with burnout among professors at public and private universities. Methods: we administered two self-report questionnaires—one for sociodemographic, psychosocial, occupational and health-related data, and the other based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educators Survey—to professors at four public and private universities in Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. We subjected the data to univariate and bivariate analysis and also fitted a logistic regression model. Results: about 60% of the participants were categorized as in the earliest stage of burnout syndrome. Having a chronic disease and teaching a large number of courses were the only variables significantly associated with burnout. The average score on domain depersonalization was significantly higher among the participants who had a second job, those who reported to need professional updating and the ones who taught a large number of courses. The average score on domain emotional exhaustion was higher among the participants with some chronic disease and those with high blood pressure. Conclusion: the prevalence of burnout was high in the analyzed sample of university professors. Early detection of burnout symptoms might favor early treatment