Síndrome de Burnout, atividade física e fatores ocupacionais que afetam os servidores públicos em uma universidade federal do sul do Brasil

Abstract

Burnout Syndrome (BS) is an occupational disorder caused by chronic interpersonal stress. Some occupational factors can be associated with BS, such as workload and length of service. The regular practice of physical activity (PA) can help to reduce the harmful effects on health generated by intense and long working hours. The work of technical-administrative servers (STA) is generally characterized as repetitive, stiff and in intense contact with the public. Thus, the main objective of this study was to identify the prevalence of BS and its association with occupational factors and PA in STA in education at a federal university in southern Brazil. The study was an observational cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 203 STA. Sociodemographic, economic, nutritional, occupational, SB (Maslach Burnout Inventory – General Survey) and PA practice during commuting and leisure (International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Long Version) were collected. Descriptive analyzes are presented by univariate calculations with mean and standard deviation or proportion and confidence interval, bivariate by Pearson's chi-square test or linear and multivariable trend by Poisson regression, always adopting significance for a p-value smaller than 0.05. The prevalence of BS among the STA was 50% and showed a significant negative association with age groups from 40 years old and administrative or office activities. Although PA did not present an association with BS in this study, the systematic literature review carried out in this project showed that in half of the studies found, there was a significant inverse association. This review sought to review the scientific literature on observational studies that analyzed associations between PA and SB in different categories of workers. Thus, it is suggested that greater attention should be given by the managers of the higher education institution, in the search for people management policies that reduce the SB of their work teams, thus combating the illness of these workers.