Prevalencia del síndrome de burnout en la unidad de emergencia del hospital general San Francisco IESS en Quito, durante la contingencia viral por el SARS-CoV-2 (COVID 19). Marzo - septiembre 2020.

Abstract

The SARS-CoV-2 virus was identified, in a respiratory outbreak, for the first time in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. They implemented actions to prevent its spread in China and nearby places. Due to the rapid spread of the virus, the workload on health personnel has significantly increased, and, in turn, the probability of presenting Burnout syndrome. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of Burnout Sindrome in medical and nursing staff of the emergency unit at San Francisco General Hospital amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and analyze if the prevalence differs according to sociodemographic and labor characteristics. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out on medical and nursing personnel who were working for more than a month with patients with a Covid-19 diagnosis (N = 96). Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated for all variables. The association between Burnout and the sociodemographic and labor variables was analyzed by calculating the Odds Ratio (OR) and the 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Results: A 56.3% of the doctors and nurses are younger than 50 years old, most of them are within the age range: 30 – 39. It was found that 94.8% of the medical and nursing staff presented medium and high level Burnout syndrome, which was no statistically associated between doctor and nursing, gender and marital status. Nursing personnel were affected more frequently than medical personnel, both globally and in their scales of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal fulfillment. Conclusions: In our study, we found that the burnout syndrome was slightly higher in nursing personnel than in doctors, showing emotional fatigue 26.2%, depersonalization of 35.7% and personal fulfillment 33.3%. Fatigue affected the staff since the start of the pandemic. The investigations carried out on the burnout syndrome in the face of the pandemic are very important so that aspects not studied can be identified and a new chronological study can be carried out for decision-making by organizations in the occupational health of health personnel.