Burnout syndrome and coping strategies among therapeutic attendants

The purpose of this study was to analyze the manifestations of Burnout syndrome in a particular group of health workers, therapeutic attendants. In addition, coping strategies are studied, both in general terms and specific strategies of the profession, and its relationship with symptoms of the synd...

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Autores: Reyna, Cecilia, Bracco, Constanza
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/2098
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/psico/article/view/2098
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:síndrome de Burnout
afrontamiento
trabajadores de la salud
Burnout Syndrome
coping
health workers
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Sumario:The purpose of this study was to analyze the manifestations of Burnout syndrome in a particular group of health workers, therapeutic attendants. In addition, coping strategies are studied, both in general terms and specific strategies of the profession, and its relationship with symptoms of the syndrome. The sample consisted of 17 professionals from Córdoba (Argentina) of both sexes (41.2% males), aged between 22 and 53 years (M=29.53 years,SD=7.43). The prevalence of different symptoms of the syndrome is discussed considering different criteria of cut, with mixed results; while relations with the coping strategies were only evident among some dimension.