Burnout syndrome among staff involved in the management of two prisons in Lima

Abstract

Professional Burnout Syndrome is a possible response of individuals to chronic job stress, present especially in those professions which seek to provide service or support to a third party. In that sense, professionals who work in prison settings may be vulnerable to show signs of burnout syndrome. This article presents the results of a research that have the aim to identify the prevalence and manifestation of burnout syndrome in the treatment staff of two prisons in Lima. For this, we used the Maslach Burnout Inventory -adapted to the prison environment-, and focus groups. The results show that 11.9% of participants presented the SAP at the time of application, 11.9% of participants is trending develop, 33.3% are at risk and 33.9% are not at risk.