[Burnout in primary care doctors of the province of cáceres].
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the degree of professional burnout in primary care doctors from our province and the effect of various factors.Design. Descriptive and analytic cross-sectional study.


METHODS
Primary care (PC) in the province.


METHODS
All the PC doctors in the province of Cáceres (n=255).


RESULTS
Self-administered anonymous questionnaire: the Maslach Burnout Inventory that evaluates Depersonalisation (DP), Self-esteem (SE), and Emotional Exhaustion (EE); social and personal variables, work data, personal questions and measures taken if there was work stress. Student s t test, ANOVA (means), and Chi-square or Fisher test (percentages) were used. 157 valid questionnaires were returned (62% response rate). Mean age was 41.5 years old 7.2; 75% were male, 80.2% married, 73.2% had tenure, 48.9% worked in towns, and their mean case-load was 40.5 16.5 patients/day. Mean values found were: DP, 8.3 5.8; SE, 35.2 8.4; EE, 22 11.3; 65.8% scored high on one of the three. For EE mean scores were significantly higher in men, doctors with tenure, in towns, those with >10 years seniority or who saw >40 patients a day. 50% had had psycho-physical disorders in the previous 3 months; 33% withstood a lot of bureaucracy; both groups had <SE and >EE averages. Dedicating <2 hours a day to leisure was associated with >EE; and being a tutor with a significantly higher level of burnout. Disorders in the family or social/work sphere were associated with high levels of DP and EE (P<.001).


CONCLUSIONS
Like other studies, we found a moderate level of burnout in our sample. Seniority, social/labour or family conflict, and certain personal and job characteristics were associated with high burnout.
Prieto Albino
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EAP San Jorge. Cáceres. Spain.
Robles Agüero
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Salazar Martínez
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Daniel Vega
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D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010821:Physicians, Family; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires