Síndrome de Burnout y Niveles de Actividad Física en Docentes de la Universidad Santo Tomás de Colombia: Un Enfoque Cuantitativo

Abstract

Burnout Syndrome (BS) was declared in 2000 by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an occupational risk factor because it affects the workers quality of life. The International Labor Organization (ILO) presents significant statistics about the relevance of the psychological phenomenon generated by a multiplicity of variables in the workplace, the research findings allow inferring that the study of BS is relevant, since, in educational contexts, it is an influential factor in the work incapacity of the educational communities members (Romero, et al, 2023). This quantitative study focuses on Burnout Syndrome and Physical Activity Levels in professors of the Santo Tomás University of Colombia. The general objective is to measure, describe and clarify the evaluation between the variables of Burnout Syndrome and professors Physical Activity. Adopting an empirical-analytical paradigm, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI, 1981) is used to assess Burnout and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) to address physical activity. The methodology is based on the compilation and synthesis of information from various databases, as well as on q uantitative research findings and contributions from the aforementioned instruments. The findings will be presented in detail in later sections, offering an integral perspective of the relationship between Burnout Syndrome and Physical Activity Levels in the university context, with the purpose of contributing to the understanding of these phenomena and their possible implications.