[New proposals for evaluating burnout. The specific evaluation of professional medical burnout].
OBJECTIVE
To introduce the development and validation of the Medical Professional Burnout Syndrome Scale belonging to the Questionnaire on Medical Professional Burnout (QMPB).


METHODS
Descriptive and transversal study in two stages. Stage 1: analysis of the psychometric properties of the new questionnaire dealing with its construction validity (exploratory factorial analysis, internal consistency, and confirmatory factorial analysis). Stage 11: study of its convergent validity with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).


METHODS
Community of Madrid, Spain. Stage I: 485 doctors (primary care centres and hospitals). Stage II: new sample of 100 doctors (primary care centres).


METHODS
Professional burnout through the Medical Professional Burnout Syndrome Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.


RESULTS
The exploratory and confirmatory factorial analysis of the QMBP confirmed 3 factors that described medical professional burnout: Exhaustion, Distancing, and Loss of Hope, with an acceptable internal consistency. Convergent validity was confirmed with the MBI, especially in the Exhaustion dimension.


CONCLUSIONS
Evaluation of psychometric properties confirmed the Medical Professional Burnout Syndrome Scale as a valid and specific instrument for studying burnout.
Moreno Jiménez
Bernardo
B
Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España. bernardo.moreno@uam.es
Gálvez Herrer
Macarena
M
Garrosa Hernández
Eva
E
Mingote Adán
José Carlos
JC
D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires