Factor analysis of the ‘‘Questionnaire for the evaluationof occupational burnout syndrome’’ in Peruvian medicalstudents

Background: The ‘‘evaluation of occupational burnout syndrome questionnaire’’(‘‘Cuestionario para la evaluación del síndrome de quemarse por el trabajo (CESQT)’’)has been proposed to evaluate this syndrome in different populations. However, there havenot been studies up to date that have tested this questionnaire in Latin-American universitystudents.Aim: To evaluate the dimensional structure of CESQT in medical students from Peru.Methods: This was an observational, analytical and cross-sectional study. The CESQT wasapplied to a sample of 71 medical students in the final year of their degree (also known as‘‘Medical Internship’’) in a Public Hospital in Lima, Peru. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA)was used to identify the dimension structure with best fit to the data. A multivariate linearregression analysis was also performed to determine the relationship between the occupa-tional burnout syndrome, gender, and their current clinical rotation (obstetrics and gynaecology,surgery, paediatrics, and internal medicine).Results: The EFA found that the two dimensions model best explained the data variability (61.8%of the variance). These two factors were called illusion and exhaustion. The linear regressionshowed that gender and the current clinical rotation were not associated to any of the twofactors (P > .05). Illusion was inversely associated with exhaustion, even after fitting it withgender and current clinical rotation (P = .007and = −.33, respectively).
Authors: Cáceres Mejía, Brenda; Roca Quicaño, Ricardo; Torresa, María F.; Pavic Espinoza, Ivana; Mezones Holguin, Edward;Fiestasca, Fabián
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental (Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment -Barc)

URL:http://hdl.handle.net/10757/347244