Burnout syndrome in professors from an academic unit of a Colombian university

ABSTRACT: Objective. To determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome, and the relationship with the type of contract under which professors work for the university, in professors of an academic unit of a public university of the city of Medellin (Colombia) in 2008.Methodology. A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out in three independent, randomized, representative samples according to the type of contract (31 full timers, 21 part timers and 43 per hours). A total of 89 professors were interviewed. To measure burnout prevalence the Maslach Burnout Inventory was used. Results. The prevalence of burnout probable cases was 19.1%, an additional 49.4% was at risk of having suffered it. According to the type of contract, full time professors had the highest prevalence (25.0%). In general, professors reported high levels of emotional tiredness and depersonalization (32.6% and 30.6% respectively), and a low level of personal accomplishment (38.2%). Conclusion. Burnout syndrome presented different type of behaviors according to the type of contract, being full time professors the ones who had the highest prevalence of the syndrome; it was expressed with higher degrees of emotional tiredness and a lower personal accomplishment.

• Autores: Rojas Botero, Maylen Liseth; Grisales Romero, Hugo de Jesús
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2011
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/33623
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/33623
• Palabra clave: Agotamiento Profesional; Burnout, Professional; Salud Laboral; Occupational Health; Profesores universitarios; College teachers
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/co/