Determinación del Cortisol como Marcador Oportuno de Síndrome de Burnout en los Profesionales del Área de Laboratorio Clínico y Enfermería del Hospital General Docente Ambato

Abstract

Burnout Syndrome or burned worker syndrome is a kind of occupational stress known as chronic, called emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment syndrome occurs with higher prevalence in health care workers who work directly physician-patient, characterized by progressive physical and mental exhaustion, it is a condition that occurs as a prolonged stress response that a person has to emotional and interpersonal stressors related to work, the lack of motivation in daily tasks to accomplish and work overload, and especially reflect relevant changes of behavior in sufferers. Change in attitude, usually involving aggressive behavior, bad manners and irritating treatment towards others or their own coworkers creating an unpleasant environment. This research was conducted at the General Teaching Hospital Ambato, whose objective was to quantify cortisol as appropriate marker burnout syndrome in professionals in clinical laboratory and nursing. The research was descriptive and explanatory diagnostic type because it was based on thoroughly describe the procedure and correlate results of cortisol by the laboratory with clinical data obtained by the test of Maslach and its relationship with burnout syndrome, with which it proved the utility and reliability of the determination and in turn the alternative hypothesis.

This study worked with a sample of 60 health professionals General Teaching Hospital Ambato formed by 16 area of clinical laboratory, 18 nurses emergency area, 15 nurses area intensive care unit, and 11 nurses Area maternity, which results as altered levels of serum cortisol and correlation with test Maslach, in the area of Clinical Laboratory 1 case of burnout syndrome representing 6.25% of 16 was identified in the area Emergency 7 cases of Burnout representing 39% of 18, in the area of Intensive Care Unit 4 cases of Burnout representing 27% of 15, in the area of maternity identified 1 case of burnout identified were identified representing 10% of 11, reflecting the more prone to chronic job stress is the emergency area. The total sample 13 cases of Burnout equivalent to 22% of 60 professionals studied were identified, and the remaining 78% are stressed to a lesser degree for which they are at risk of developing the syndrome and checking the alternative hypothesis states that the determination of cortisol levels do relate to burnout syndrome because it is useful as an appropriate marker for this syndrome.