Relationship between organizational climate and burnout syndrome in the emergency service of a hospital Category III-2. Lima, Peru 2015

• Main Authors: Zenaida Solís Chuquiyaur, Luisa Zamudio Eslava, Juan Matzumura Kasano, Hugo Gutiérrez Crespo
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad de San Martín de Porres 2016-04-01
• Series: Horizonte Médico
• Subjects: emotional exhaustion; organizational climate; burnout syndrome
• Online Access: http://www.medicina.usmp.edu.pe/medicina/horizonte/2016_4/Art5_Vol16_N4.pdf
• ISSN: 1727-558X; 2227-3530

Objective: To determine the relationship between organizational climate and Burnout Syndrome among nursing professionals of the Emergency Service in a Hospital Category III-2. Material and methods: quantitative, prospective, correlational cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 43 nurses, using a non-probability sampling for convenience. For analysis and study of the variables, Rensis Likert scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Results: The organizational climate was average level (81.4%) followed by a high level (18.6%) and the Burnout Syndrome corresponds to low level (86%) and medium (14%) level. The relationship between organizational climate and Burnout Syndrome was low (rho = -0.11). Conclusions: In the Emergency Service, the level of organizational climate was fairly favorable with absence of Burnout Syndrome among nursing professionals. There is not significant relationship between the two variables.