Prevalencia del síndrome de burnout en médicos que trabajan en España: revisión sistemática y metaanálisis

[EN] Objective: To analyze the prevalence of burnout syndrome in physicians working in Spain through a systematic review with meta-analysis Method: We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO (up to June 2023). Observational studies conducted in Spain reporting the prevalence of burnout in phys...

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Autores: Pujol de Castro, Antonio, Valerio Rao, Grecia, Vaquero Cepeda, Pablo, Catalá-López, Ferrán
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/389779
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/389779
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Burnout
Epidemiology
Physicians
Meta-analysis
Prevalence
Systematic review
Desgaste profesional
Epidemiología
Médicos
Metaanálisis
Prevalencia
Revisión sistemática
Medical personnel
Health statistics
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Sumario:[EN] Objective: To analyze the prevalence of burnout syndrome in physicians working in Spain through a systematic review with meta-analysis Method: We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and PsycINFO (up to June 2023). Observational studies conducted in Spain reporting the prevalence of burnout in physicians were included. From each study, methodological characteristics and results were extracted, and their quality was evaluated. We performed a narrative synthesis with random effects meta-analysis to calculate proportions. Results: Sixty-seven studies with 16,076 participants were included. For the primary outcome, the meta-analysis revealed a global prevalence of burnout in physicians of 24% (95%CI: 19%-29%; 46 studies; 8821 participants; I2 = 97%). From subgroup analysis, differences were observed depending on the diagnostic criteria used: 18% (95%CI: 13%-23%) for three dimensions of burnout, 29% (95%CI: 24%-34%) for two dimensions and 51% (95%CI: 42%-60%) for one dimension. The heterogeneity between studies could not be fully explained through additional analyses where non-statistically significant differences were found with other variables (e.g., study quality, setting, professional category or medical specialty). Conclusions: A high prevalence of burnout syndrome was found in physicians working in Spain. These results can contribute to estimating the burden associated with burnout in physicians at a national level and to the design of future studies. Strategies appear to be necessary to prevent and mitigate this situation.