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Burnout Syndrome and Musculoskeletal Complaints in Mexican Middle School Teachers in Ciudad Juarez

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Teachers face highly demanding situations every day. Their jobs are physically and cognitive challenging diminishing their health. The objective of this paper is to determine the level of burnout syndrome (BS) in Mexican middle school teachers and find the association of BS dimensions with musculoskeletal complaints. As methods, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Bodymap were administered to 168 middle school teachers. Spearman correlation index was applied. Results show that educators suffer from a medium level of BS on the three dimensions. Emotional exhaustion is correlated with pain in the eyes, neck, wrists, shoulders, ankles, the whole arm, the lower leg, and the back. Depersonalization is correlated with complaints in the left shoulder, the left hand, and the knees. Finally, lack of professional efficacy is associated with pain in both arms, hands, wrists, ankles, and the lower back. It is concluded that preventive actions must be taken to avoid serious burnout consequences in vulnerable professions.

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  1. Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Del Charrol Ave. 450 N., 32310, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

    Aidé-Aracely Maldonado-Macías, Jorge García-Alcaraz & Juan Luis Hernández-Arellano

  2. Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Technological Institute of Ciudad Juarez, Tecnológico, Ave. 1340., 32500, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

    Carolina Corchado-Nevarez

  3. Autonomous University of Baja California, Zotoluca, Fraccionamiento Calafia, 21040, Mexicali, BC, Mexico

    Yolanda Baez-Lopez

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Maldonado-Macías, AA., García-Alcaraz, J., Corchado-Nevarez, C., Hernández-Arellano, J.L., Baez-Lopez, Y. (2016). Burnout Syndrome and Musculoskeletal Complaints in Mexican Middle School Teachers in Ciudad Juarez. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 485. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41983-1_14

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