Agotamiento Laboral En Profesionales De Salud De Lima Metropolitana

The present investigation had as objective to know the level of work exhaustion in health professionals that work in health services of metropolitan area of Lima, in a sample of 89 subjects who were postgraduate students in universities of Lima. The study shows that the work exhaustion in the health professionals is normal with tendency to be still lower. Specifically, we found a negative correlation between stress and the satisfaction with salary, the relation with the patients, the physical environment, and the health state. Also, there was a negative correlation between stress and familiar life, work satisfaction, work schedule, life satisfaction, and enough supplies to work. On the other hand, we found a positive correlation between stress and emotional wearing, depersonalization, and success. ________________ 1 Docente Principal y Ex Decaño de la Facultad de Psicología de la UNMSM, Lima, Perú. E-mail: [email protected]