Vol. 28 No. 3 (2018)
Artículos de Investigación

Psychological well-being and burnout in primary health care professionals in the region of Los Lagos, Chile

HTML (Español (España)) PDF (Español (España)) XML (Español (España))
  • Alex Leandro Véliz Burgos,
  • Anita Patricia Dörner Paris,
  • Alexis Gerardo Soto Salcedo,
  • Angélica Arriagada Arriagada
Alex Leandro Véliz Burgos
Universidad de Los Lagos
Bio
Anita Patricia Dörner Paris
Universidad de Los Lagos
Bio
Alexis Gerardo Soto Salcedo
Universidad Mayor de Chile
Bio
Angélica Arriagada Arriagada
Universidad de Los Lagos
Bio
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2018.1895

Published 2018-08-08

Keywords

  • Bienestar psicológico,
  • inventario de burnout,
  • profesionales de atención primaria,
  • Chile.
  • Psychological well-being,
  • burnout Inventory,
  • primary care professionals,
  • Chile.

How to Cite

Véliz Burgos, A. L., Dörner Paris, A. P., Soto Salcedo, A. G., & Arriagada Arriagada, A. (2018). Psychological well-being and burnout in primary health care professionals in the region of Los Lagos, Chile. Acta Universitaria, 28(3), 56–64. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2018.1895

Abstract

The objective of this work was to determine the level of psychological well-being and burnout on 121 health professionals from Los Lagos region in Chile (63% female, M = 30.80 years, SD = 13.03 years). The Ryff psychological well-being scale and the Maslach burnout Inventory were applied, resulting in a 21% of participants having a low level of well-being and a 25.5% showing symptoms of burnout. Thus, we can state that there is a positive relationship between the level of personal fulfilment and psychological well-being (r = 0.53, p < 0.01). That is why throughout this study the need to generate and encourage self-care actions among health professionals is reinforced.

HTML (Español (España)) PDF (Español (España)) XML (Español (España))