Prevalencia del síndrome de burnout en los agentes de seguridad penitenciaria del centro de privación provisional de libertad masculino Pichincha no 1 2020 – 2021

Abstract

Prison officers, due to the general conditions and the hostile and violent work environment for inmates, are exposed to high levels of work stress that is an important cause of Burnout Syndrome. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in the prison security agents of the Pichincha No 1 Center for Provisional Deprivation of Male Liberty in the period 2020 - 2021.Method: It is a descriptive and cross-sectional study in which 60 prison security agents from the Pichincha No. 1 Center for Provisional Deprivation of Male Liberty of the city of Quito, Ecuador participated. The instrument used is the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), a univariate analysis was carried out to describe the sociodemographic and labor variables of the study population, and according to established criteria the incidence of the Syndrome was determined. To relate these variables to Burnout, Pearson's Chi square test was used. The statistical program SPSS and Microsoft EXCEL were used. Results: The results showed a 10% prevalence of Burnout with 18.3% of workers at risk, the Personal Achievement sub-scale presented a higher percentage at its high level. Conclusion: This research helps to determine Burnout Syndrome in prison agents and its relationships with sociodemographic and labor factors, in Ecuador no studies were found in this context.