Skeletal muscle symptoms and their relationship with burnout syndrome in the work activities of administrative personnel of a university in Ecuador

Authors

Chang-Camacho, Lidia

Solano-Silva, Williams

Pazmiño-Perez, Antonio

Oviedo-Rodriguez, Marcos

Escobar-Segovia, Kenny

Arias-Ulloa, Cristian

Moreira-Macias, Eugenia

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic changed the manner on how people work, forcing administrative staff of a public university to adopt biosecurity measures, modify job positions, increase working hours, which caused employees to be exposed to psychosocial and ergonomic risks, among others. For this reason, the aim of this research is to analyze musculoskeletal symptoms and their relationship with Burnout Syndrome in the administrative staff of the Technical University of Babahoyo during the year 2021. Research with a descriptive-correlational approach. The participant population was 119 people. The Nordic Kuorinka and Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaires were used for the variable���s musculoskeletal symptoms and Burnout Syndrome respectively. The results show that all the collaborators show musculoskeletal symptoms at different levels of affectation, the highest percentage being found in the back, then the neck, followed by the shoulder and in a lower proportion the hand-wrist and elbow-forearm segments. The prevailing level of Burnout Syndrome in the administrative personnel is low with 55,5%, followed by a medium level of 34,5%. To conclude, the investigation reveals that there is a correlation between the two variables; therefore, one of the causes of the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms in university workers is Burnout Syndrome, which can affect the health of collaborators over time.