title: [Burnout syndrome among pediatricians. Bivariate and multivariate analysis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  As burnout syndrome has been barely analyzed in pediatricians, it was considered relevant to explore labor satisfaction and tiredness in these professionals and to evaluate possible associated factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire was voluntarily and anonymously applied to pediatricians. Personal and professional variables were included. Bivariate and multivariate statistical techniques were employed for analyzing registered data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Answer rate reached 89%. Mean values related with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal achievement were 30.60 ± 10.98, 0.51 ± 5.95 and 35.76 ± 7.32, respectively. It was established that as time of pediatric performance went on, personal achievement increased and depersonalization diminished. Depersonalization also decreased in physicians carrying out managerial jobs. The clusters obtained through multivariate analysis showed a higher to lower severity ordination, going from pediatricians with lower personal achievement and higher values of depersonalization and emotional exhaustion (classes 1 and 2) to pediatricians with lower emotional exhaustion, medium depersonalization and higher personal achievement (classes 4 and 5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The polled pediatricians evidenced higher values of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and a medium personal achievement. This dimension became higher as they revealed more years of professional performance. Depersonalization was lower in physicians carrying out managerial jobs. Multivariate analysis was useful to group individuals in accordance with their affinities on the studied variables.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Niños Víctor J. Vilela, Rosario.
authors.forename: Yanina
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pistelli
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perochena
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moscoloni
authors.forename: María Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tarrés
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010372:Pediatrics