Symptoms of distress when suffering from burnout

• Jesus Montero-Marin ^[2] ; Mattie Tops ^[3] ; Javier Prado-Abril ^[4] ; Marta Puebla-Guedea ^[5] ; María Cruz Pérez Yus ^[5] ; Alba López Montoyo ^[5] ; Javier Garcia-Campayo ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Zaragoza

     Universidad de Zaragoza

     Zaragoza, España

     
  2. [2] Univesrsidad de Zaragoza
  3. [3] University Amsterdam, Netherlands
  4. [4] Hospital psiquiatrico, Reus
  5. [5] 2REDIAPP “Red de Investigación en ActividadesPreventivas y Promoción de la Salud

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• Localización: Cuadernos de medicina psicosomática y psiquiatria de enlace, ISSN 1695-4238, Nº. 120, 2016, págs. 9-20
• Idioma: inglés
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  • a comparison between the traditional and typological definitions of the syndrome
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  • Objective: To compare the structure and explanatory power of the traditional and the subtype burnout definitions on symptoms of distress.

    Methods: We used a cross-sectional design with a random sample of university employees (n=429), who completed the MBI-GS, BCSQ-12 and HSCL-30. The structure of the scales was assessed using parallel analysis from polychoric correlations, unweighted least squares and promin rotation. Multivariate regression models were built among symptoms and burnout models.

    Results: The HSCL showed a two-factor structure (psychological and somatic; IFS=0.87;

    GFI=0.99; RMSR=0.05); the MBI a forced three-factor structure (exhaustion, efficacy and cynicism; IFS=0.95; GFI>0.99; RMSR=0.03); the BCSQ a three-factor structure (neglect, lack of development and overload; IFS=0.98; GFI>0.99; RMSR=0.02). The variance of psychological distress was for 40% explained by MBI-GS and for 27% by BCSQ-12; the variance of somatic symptoms was for 31% explained by MBI-GS and 16% by BCSQ-12. All the BCSQ-12 factors contributed to explain psychological and somatic symptoms, but only exhaustion from MBI-GS.

    Conclusions: The typological definition showed better structure, but worse explanatory power on symptoms, than the traditional perspective. Exhaustion seems to be the burnout core dimension, althought the subtypes would explain a specific characterization of the syndrome