Psychological topics, Vol. 31 No. 3, 2022.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31820/pt.31.3.6
Reduction of Burnout Syndrome in Health Workers through a Cognitive-Behavioural Model-Based Program: A Pilot Study
Manuel Fernández-Arata
; University of San Martin de Porres, Psychology Research Institute, Lima, Perú
Gustavo Alexis Calderón-De la Cruz
; University of San Martin de Porres, Psychology Research Institute, Lima, Perú
Sergio Dominguez-Lara
; University of San Martin de Porres, Psychology Research Institute, Lima, Perú
Abstract
Peruvian primary healthcare professionals experience high levels of burnout syndrome (BS). This study aims to assess the impact of a cognitive-behavioural model-based (CBMB) program as an occupational intervention to reduce burnout in primary healthcare providers. A total of 29 workers (intervention group = 16) took part in a CBMB intervention training program consisting of one 1-hour weekly session over a period of 6 weeks. Scores of each burnout dimension, as well as other variables, were measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at a 6-month follow-up period using self-report questionnaires. Data collected at these three-time points were analysed using effect size measures and sensitivity statistic. Comparison between pre-intervention and post-intervention scores indicates that emotional exhaustion has the highest improvement among all burnout dimensions (50%), followed by cynicism, but no changes were found with follow-up scores. In the same way, no changes were found in professional efficacy at any stage. The CBMB intervention program showed a short-term reduction of BS in primary healthcare workers, but only in two dimensions of the burnout experience, emotional exhaustion and cynicism.
Keywords
burnout syndrome; healthcare professionals; intervention; cognitive-behavioural model
Hrčak ID:
286943
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Publication date:
9.12.2022.
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