Burnout syndrome in workers in prison

The workers in prison operate in an atmosphere permeated by stressful situations which predispose them to a state of alert and to the effects resulting from stress including the Burnout Syndrome. Aim: To evaluate the Burnout Syndrome in prison workers and to relate them to the occupational characteristics. Materials and Method: Transversal study with 254 workers of the prison system, ascribed to the 3rdRegional Prison of the state of the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.For the data collection, done between April and June of 2017. The internal reliability of the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale was attested by the alpha Cronbach of 0, 76 for the 22 items. Results: It was verified that 26,8% of the workers presented a high level of professional incompetence, 23,6% of high emotional wear and 22,4% of high depersonalization. Of these 13 (5, 11%) workers presented a high level of Burnout in the three dimensions. There was an inverse correlation between professional inefficiency and emotional exhaustion and the cynicism. And there is a strong positive correlation between emotional exaustion and cynicism. Conclusion: Results indicate that work in prison contributes for the sicknesss of these workers.