Estudio de prevalencia sobre el síndrome de Burnout o desgaste profesional en los cirujanos ortopédicos de Andalucía

Abstract

Objective. To determine the incidence of burnout in orthopedic surgeons of Andalusia in 2014. To determine the possible association between burnout and a number of sociodemographic and occupational factors and to know the reasons argued and the measures proposed to alleviate it. Material and methods. A transversal descriptive study was designed. A test was electronically sent to all orthopaedic surgeons working in Andalusia that were members of the andalusian orthopaedic society (SATO). The test consisted of Maslach burn inventory, some demographic data and some proposals for better well being during work. Inclusion criteria were to be a licensed orthopaedic surgeon, to work in andalusia and to be active (not retired). Results. Answers were received from 106 specialists (23.5%), 83% men and 17% women, the largest group was between 30 and 55 years (55%). 86% were married or in a stable relationship and only 27% had no son. 68% had a stable employment contract statutory well with SAS or permanent employment with Public Agencies. 38% performed 5-10 oncall full-day working activities per month. 29% had a high level of burnout and in its three dimensions 41.5% had a high level of emotional exhaustion, 48.9% a high level of depersonalization and 37.2% had a low level of personal fulfi llment . The work near the place of residence (p = 0.018), to have oncall full-day working physically present (p = 0.007) and work on a Public Agency (p = 0.03) were associated with a higher level of burnout. As subjective factors for this burnout, respondents emphasized the workload (19.2%), poor relationship salary / liability (17.3%) and little recognition of the work performed by both the employer and by users (12.5%). 77% would continue working but would change the Hospital where they work and only 4% were willing to change their specialty with such proceeding in the same workplace. Conclusions. The level of burnout of orthoapedic surgeons of Andalusia in 2014 is moderate and similar to a previous study among Spanish Orthopedists performed in 2005, despite being having a poorer socioeconomic scenario. There is a higher level of burnout among professionals who live near their workplace, work in Public Agencies and have on-call full-day working activities. However there is no relationship between burnout and age, sex, type of contract and number of days on-call per month. 77% of professionals would change Hospital but not medical specialty.