Abstract

CRUZ VALDES, Beatriz et al. PREVALENCE OF BURNOUT SYNDROME AND COPING STRATEGIES DURING AN EPIDEMIOLOGY BECAUSE OF AH1N1 INFLUENZA. Suma Psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.18, n.2, pp.17-28. ISSN 0121-4381.

The aim of this study was to assess the Burnout syndrome in health workers during a contingency in Mexico City because of epidemiology AH1N1 influenza, and identify if the use of coping strategies had protective effects for the Burnout. We had a sample of 477 health workers and was performed a transversal descriptive study with a nonrandom quote sample. The instruments used were Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services version and scale measuring coping face to extreme risks. It was performed a frequency and normality distribution to analyze the differences, and also an analysis of variance in Burnout, and multiple lineal regression for coping strategies. We found that 24% had Burnout (in emotional exhaustion and a moderate degree depersonalization, with the presence of personal accomplishment). They were also employed active and passive strategies. We found that the use of coping strategies was selective, active strategies had a moderating role to Burnout and protective to the scale of emotional exhaustion, which seems to increase when there is personal realization. We propose the development of quantitative and qualitative research and the use of mixed models of intervention: focusing on people.

Keywords : functionality of coping strategies; Burnout syndrome; heath workers.

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