Workers´ health disorders: Burnout syndrome on public servers

Abstract

Background Burnout syndrome encompasses emotional tiredness, depersonalization and the sense of low personal fulfilment. Aims The aim of this study is to analyse Burnout syndrome on public servers. Methods Participants were 121 employees of public institutions, where 46 were females (38.02 per cent) and 75 males (61.98 per cent), aged between 24 and 58 years (Mage=36.21, SD=7.98). As measurement regent Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey was applied. As statistical analyses descriptive techniques of central tendency and dispersion were conducted. Inferential analyses encompassed correlation techniques, variance comparison and risk factor prediction.