Prevalencia y factores asociados del Síndrome de Burnout en el personal de tropa de la Brigada de Artilleria No. 27 Portete. Cuenca, 2014.

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ABSTRACT All workers may be exposed to various occupational risk factors that can cause disruption among these is the Burnout syndrome. This syndrome occurs as a response from the worker or person to a chronic job stress, manifested with negative conditions both to their work or profession as to the people working. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and associated factors of the Burnout syndrome in the enrolled personal from the Artillery Brigade No. 27 "PORTETE". Cuenca 2014. MATERIALS AND METHODS It is a cross-sectional study conducted on 289 people from the Artillery Brigade No. 27 "PORTETE". The information was collected through a socio demographic form and Maslach Burnout Inventory test which consists of 22 items. The tabulation was performed in SPSS version 15 statistical measures. As frequencies and percentages an ODDs ratio was used (confidence index) OR and CI, p value <0.05 for statistical significance RESULTS The prevalence of the Burnout syndrome is high in the enrolled personal: The 88.93% have moderate levels of the syndrome (95% confidence interval: 85.31 to 92.54) and 10.03%, severe levels (95% CI 6.56 to 13.49). Within the staff were corporals and sergeants who have higher levels of the syndrome, with a prevalence of 64% in mild to moderate, and 6% in severe level. Regarding risk factors was no statistically significant association with any of them. CONCLUSION It is observed that the prevalence of the Burnout syndrome in this study is 88.93%, it is located in moderate level and 10.03% at high level. No statistically significant association with any of the variables found