Prevalence of burnout syndrome in universities and their associated factors
International Journal of Development Research
Prevalence of burnout syndrome in universities and their associated factors
Received 04th September, 2020; Received in revised form 16th October, 2020; Accepted 29th November, 2020; Published online 30th December, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Brenda Ramos de Souza et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objetivo: This study aims to identify the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome and associated factors in college students. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and analytical research conducted with 1553 university students. The sample was of the probabilistic type per cluster. Data were collected by a multiprofessional team through a self-administered questionnaire. In the hierarchical multiple analysis, the Poisson regression model was used. Results: It was found that 11.8% of students had Burnout Syndrome, and the associated factors were: impaired sleep (p <0.001), insufficient leisure (p = 0.005); study in private institutions (p = 0.001); depressive symptoms (p <0.001), problematic internet use (p = 0.004), internet addiction (p = 0.001) and inability to cope with stress (p = 0.039). Conclusion: This study found that part of the undergraduates presented Burnout Syndrome, which was associated with impaired sleep, inability to cope with stress, insufficient leisure, depressive symptoms, intermediate addiction, deficiency of socio-affective interactions and private institutions.
