Burnout syndrome in teachers of UNAN-Managua, FAREM-Carazo, in the second semester 2019

Abstract

Stress is the characterization of signs and symptoms that affect physical and psychological levels in people. It is common in the workplace, specifically in those where services or assistance are provided to third -parties, this is called "Burnout syndrome".

The present study investigates this syndrome in the teachers who make up the academic departments of UNAN -Managua; FAREM - Carazo, during the second semester of 2019 some behaviors or comments from teachers towards students were considered as indicators of the manifestation of the syndrome of burnout syndrome, these qualify within the theory of Jackson & Maslach on the study problem therefore it was determined to evaluate the prevalence of this syndrome in order to indicate the relationship between the sociodemographic variables of sex and age as factors that require special attention, for this, a descriptive study was carried out, with a cross-section characteristic of quantitative studies.

The study includes a theoretical analysis related to the problem under study, likewise, a standardized instrument was used to measure the different dimensions where stress is manifested in an individual. This psychometric instrument allowed to collect statistical data that were processed in the corresponding statistical programs using descriptive statistics, these results were analyzed from the theoretical approaches addressed, allowing a discussion on the prevalence of burnout syndrome, concluding that there is a low presence of this syndrome in FAREM- Carazo teachers.