Relationship between general level of health, musculoeskeletal pain and occurrence of burnout syndrome in college teachers

Abstract

The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between general level of health, muskuloeskeletal pain and occurrence of burnout syndrome in college teachers. Fifty teachers from a private university were evaluated. The level of general health was evaluated by the Portuguese version of the Personal Health Scale (PHS-Pt), muskuloeskeletal pain was verified by Nordic Muskuloeskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) and the occurrence of burnout syndrome was evaluated by the Portuguese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). The majority of the sample presented some compromising of general health level (total score PHS-Pt=6.7±3.8) with 70% presenting neck pain and 64% presenting lower back pain in the last year. Positive correlation occurred between burnout exhaustion dimension and level of general health. There were no correlation between MBI-HSS dimensions and muskuloeskeletal pain occurrence in the last year.