Carolina Aranda Beltrán

Social Support, Burnout Syndrome and Occupational Exhaustion among Mexican Traffic Police Agents

The consequences of work-related stress on health are worrisome, and by the same token, so is Burnout Syndrome. However, it has been shown that social support can prevent, reduce or even combat individuals’ responses to stress. A descriptive, transverse study was carried out with the objective of determining the prevalence of both Burnout Syndrome and receiving social support for traffic police in Mexico. 875 traffic police participated in the study, men and women alike, from all work shifts, day and night. Three questionnaires were administered: one to record sociodemographic and professional data, as well as the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the modified Diaz Veiga Social Resources Inventory . Our data analysis obtained frequencies and percentages and also identified associations between the study’s variables. The prevalence of Burnout Syndrome was found to be 54.9% among the study’s participants. The social support networks designated as “low or poor” were shown to be associated with Burnout Syndrome, with p values less than .05, an odds ratio ( OR ) greater than 1 and a confidence interval that did not include the number one. In spite of the strong network of social support reported by participants, it seems that those social effects were not strong enough to combat Burnout Syndrome, and some resolution strategy ought to be implemented at the individual, group and organizational levels.

Factores psicosociales y síndrome de burnout en trabajadores de la industria de la transformación de la masa, Tepic, México

INTRODUCTION The workers in the dough processing industry are a population exposed to psychosocial risk factors due to the conditions in the workplace; therefore, they are likely to suffer from one of the consequences of chronic stress to which a worker is exposed daily: burnout syndrome. OBJETIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between psychosocial factors and the burnout syndrome in workers in the dough processing industry in the city of Tepic, Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in five companies from the dough processing industry. The total population consisted of 122 workers who were administered the scale of Psychosocial Factors Identification of the Mexican Social Security Institute and the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale, in order to gather information. RESULTS The presence of adverse psychosocial factors was reported in 18.3%, and 79.8% with the syndrome. There were several variables that behaved as risk factors, specifically, the system of working with the emotional exhaustion.Resumen Introduccion Los trabajadores de la industria de la masa son una poblacion expuesta a factores de riesgo de tipo psicosocial debido a las condiciones propias del lugar de trabajo, en el que, por ende, son proclives a padecer una de las consecuencias derivadas del estres cronico al que el trabajador esta expuesto dia a dia, el sindrome de burnout . Objetivo El objetivo del trabajo es analizar la relacion entre los factores psicosociales y el sindrome de burnout en los trabajadores de la industria transformadora de la masa en la ciudad de Tepic, Mexico. Material y metodos Se llevo a cabo un estudio descriptivo y transversal en cinco empresas de la industria de la masa. Conformaron la poblacion total 122 trabajadores, a los que se aplico la escala de identificacion de factores psicosociales del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social y la escala de Maslach Burnout Inventory para recabar la informacion. Resultados Se identificaron factores psicosociales negativos en el 18,3% y factores del sindrome en el 79,8%. Diversas fueron las variables que se comportaron como factor de riesgo; en especifico, la del area del sistema de trabajo con el agotamiento emocional.

Factores psicosociales y patologías laborales en trabajadores de un sistema de transporte público urbano, México

Introduction: In recent years, an increase in diseases and accidents have been reported due to the presence of adverse psychosocial factors in the workplace. Objective: To analyze the

Edad, síndrome de agotamiento profesional (burnout), apoyo social y autoestima en agentes de tránsito, México

Introduction: Events generated by exposure to job stressors together with individual characteristics bring about various health affl ictions which come to bear on the development of burnout syndrome. Objective: To analyze the variables age, social support and self-esteem in regard to the development of burnout syndrome. Method: The population was composed of 875

Dimensiones culturales del concepto de influenza humana en estudiantes y docentes de ciencias de la salud que favorecen o dificultan su prevención

Teresa Margarita Torres Lopez: Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexicotere.torres.cucs@gmail.comOsmar Juan Matsui Santana: Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexicoomatsui@yahoo.comCarolina Aranda Beltran: Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexicocaranda2000@yahoo.com.mx

Burnout y Work Engagement en Docentes Universitarios de Zacatecas

This study explored the relationship between the Burnout Syndrome and Work Engagement with demographic and labor variables among university academics of Zacatecas. Materials and methods: through a quantitative methodology, an observational analytical, cross-type study was designed by using a sample size of 98 women and 58 men. The instrument of Maslachs Burnout Inventory and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale with 17 items were used. Results: 62,8% female and 37,2% male had, on average, an age of 44 years. Regarding the Burnout, a high level of exhaustion was observed, where 35,3% of participants had, at least, one dimension burned. A significant relationship (p_ 0,05) between sex, age, and gender with emotional exhaustion was found. The 99,4% of the participants had high levels the Work Engagement. Conclusion: Notwithstanding the constant academic changes, and the physical and psychological strain found among academics, they presented high levels of job engagement.

Validez factorial del Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey en ocho países Latinoamericanos

Nowadays it is clear that the syndrome of being burned at work is not necessarily restricted to professionals in the human services and the use of the MBI-HSS would be inappropriate for those workers whose essential job function is not in service to others persons. This is what led to the creation and use of the MBI-GS. In Latin America, there are numerous studies with MBI.HSS, although the use of the MBI-GS has not yet being spread, it is expected that in the short term it will do so, and it is therefore relevant to count with studies of instrumental validation in this domain. Material and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive study, with a random sample unrepresentative of the Economically Active Population in 8 Latin American countries. 2470 workers with no one human service participated; they belonged to the sector of the formal economy, with at least one year of seniority. Results: The extracted factors do not coincided with the threefactor model of the scale, the items of emotional exhaustion and cynicism are grouped in the first factor, except the item 8, which belongs to cynicism and it appears in the third factor but with the lower factor load (0,362); in factor 2 the professional efficacy items are grouped correctly. The analysis of the exploratory factor showed that the instrument explains the 53,85% of the total variance with a Cronbachs Alpha of 0,75. Conclusions: It is recommended to do further analysis in the line of authors that ensure that the burnout syndrome consists only of two dimensions; and use the instrument as three scales in an independent way and do not use the total score MBI.

Representaciones sociales de la salud mental y enfermedad mental de población adulta de Guadalajara, México Mental health and mental illness social representations of adult population from Guadalajara, Mexico

The objective of this study was to explore mental health (MH) and mental illness (MI) social representations (SR) in adult people of Guadalajara, Mexico population. Free listing and paired questionnaires were used to identify the content and the arrangement of these social representations. SR analysis showed that MI was identifying like a state of positive emotions and satisfactory feelings of quietness and stability, which carry out wellbeing and quality of life. On the contrary, mental illness was associated to madness caused by organic and mental damages; it is generally undergone biomedical and psychological treatment, with a low healing possibility.