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

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. Metho...

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Published in:International journal of social psychiatry 2023-11, Vol.69 (7), p.1682-1692
Main Authors: María Diaz Vizcaya, Rosa, José Rodríguez Rivas, María, Mariño Méndez, Helia, Teresa Alvés Pérez, María, López Castro, José
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burnout
COVID-19
Cynicism
Efficacy
Fatigue
Health services
Measurement
Medical personnel
Multicenter studies
Original
Pandemics
Reliability
Rural areas
Rural communities
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Women
Workers
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Summary: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 
ISSN:0020-7640
1741-2854
DOI:10.1177/00207640231174364