Objectives: To determine the presence of labor psychosocial factors (sociodemographic and labor factors) and their relationship with the burnout syndrome among family physicians. Materials and Methods: Two surveys were applied to family physicians who worked in two social security health institutions in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, Mexico, in order to collect information on sociodemographic and labor variables and assess the presence of the syndrome with the Maslach Burnout Inventory Scale (MBI-HSS). Results: One hundred and ninety-seven physicians participated, 73 (37,1%) women and 124 (62,9%) men; 92,9% had medical specialization and the rest had bachelor’s degree but were considered family physicians according to their labor contract. The prevalence of burnout syndrome among family physicians was 41,8%. Both, the significant associations and sociodemographic and labor varia...

Introduction. The evaluation of negative psychosocial factors or psychosocial risk factors is a lengthy process, but the majority of methods rely on the use of an instrument or scale, of which we find a wide diversity. However, few have been designed and validated to be applied in Latin America. Objective. To validate an instrument of evaluation of psychosocial factors for its application in workers in Peru. Design. Exploratory factorial analysis of the Questionnaire of Psychosocial Factors at Work with a population of Peruvian workers. Participants. Lima, Arequipa and Trujillo workers. The population consisted in 542 subjects working in construction, textile industry, education services, health, mining, fisheries and agroindustry among others. The statistical analysis was based on the determination of the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, percentage of variance explained and the eigenvalu...