BURNOUT SYNDROME FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN CALZADA

Abstract

Burnout syndrome is extremely common among healthcare workers; however, it does not affect everyone in the same way. Certain factors, such as gender, influence the perception of this experience. To determine whether burnout syndrome (BS) differs according to gender among healthcare workers in Calzada. Basic, quantitative research with a non-experimental descriptive-comparative design. Two samples of 37 women and 27 men were calculated using G*Power 3.1.9.7 software, to which Juan Carlos Vásquez Muñoz's adaptation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory was applied. It was found that burnout levels were high among female staff (73%), while among male staff they were average (48%). In both groups, a high level of exhaustion and depersonalization was identified, while the level of personal fulfillment was low; however, the difference in percentages was notable. Burnout and its dimensions were found to differ statistically between the two groups (p<0.05), with a higher prevalence in women. It was concluded that burnout syndrome differs according to gender among healthcare personnel in Calzada, corroborating the idea that certain factors, such as gender, intensify the experience of occupational burnout.