Sociodemographic and occupational risk factors associated with the development of different burnout types: the cross-sectional University of Zaragoza study

BMC Psychiatry

Fermín Mayoral-Cleries³  Margarita Gili³  Santiago Gascón³  José Miguel Carrasco¹  Marta Fajó-Pascual²  Javier García-Campayo⁴  Jesús Montero-Marín³ 

[1] Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud (Aragon Health Sciences Institute), Zaragoza, Spain;Faculty of Health and Sports. University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain;REDIAPP "Red de Investigación en Actividades Preventivas y Promoción de la Salud" RD06/0018/0017, Research Network on Preventative Activities and Health Promotion;Psychiatry Service. Miguel Servet Hospital. Zaragoza, Spain

关键词: university;    BCSQ-36;    risk factors;    subtypes;    burnout;   

Others  :  1124587
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-11-49

 received in 2010-07-04, accepted in 2011-03-29,  发布年份 2011

【 摘 要 】

Background

Three different burnout types have been described: The "frenetic" type describes involved and ambitious subjects who sacrifice their health and personal lives for their jobs; the "underchallenged" type describes indifferent and bored workers who fail to find personal development in their jobs and the "worn-out" in type describes neglectful subjects who feel they have little control over results and whose efforts go unacknowledged. The study aimed to describe the possible associations between burnout types and general sociodemographic and occupational characteristics.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was carried out on a multi-occupational sample of randomly selected university employees (n = 409). The presence of burnout types was assessed by means of the "Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire (BCSQ-36)", and the degree of association between variables was assessed using an adjusted odds ratio (OR) obtained from multivariate logistic regression models.

Results

Individuals working more than 40 hours per week presented with the greatest risk for "frenetic" burnout compared to those working fewer than 35 hours (adjusted OR = 5.69; 95% CI = 2.52-12.82; p < 0.001). Administration and service personnel presented the greatest risk of "underchallenged" burnout compared to teaching and research staff (adjusted OR = 2.85; 95% CI = 1.16-7.01; p = 0.023). Employees with more than sixteen years of service in the organisation presented the greatest risk of "worn-out" burnout compared to those with less than four years of service (adjusted OR = 4.56; 95% CI = 1.47-14.16; p = 0.009).

Conclusions

This study is the first to our knowledge that suggests the existence of associations between the different burnout subtypes (classified according to the degree of dedication to work) and the different sociodemographic and occupational characteristics that are congruent with the definition of each of the subtypes. These results are consistent with the clinical profile definitions of burnout syndrome. In addition, they assist the recognition of distinct profiles and reinforce the idea of differential characterisation of the syndrome for more effective treatment.

【 授权许可】

   
2011 Montero-Marín et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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