Burnout Syndrome in Rural Teachers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Loayza R.E.; Quispe L.E.T.; Cruces E.P. · Psykhe (2025) · DOI: 10.7764/psykhe.2021.45529

Resumen

The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic implied changes in different areas of life; among them, education. Thus, there was a change from face-to-face education to remote education, which produced alterations in the working conditions of teachers in rural and urban contexts. Due to this, a study was carried out on the incidence of burnout syndrome (BS) in teachers of 52 regular basic education schools in the province of Condesuyos, Peru, in which the levels of presence of each dimension of BS and its association with sociodemographic and labor variables were analyzed. The study was quantitative, cross-sectional, with a descriptive correlational non-experimental design. A total of 203 teachers, who were part of the sample, were evaluated. Measures of inferential and descriptive statistical techniques were used, and the association between the dimensions of BO and the sociodemographic and labor variables sex, age, marital status, educational level, type of school (urban-rural) and access to technological resources was established. It is highlighted that BO has a greater presence in female teachers, in younger age groups, in teachers with cohabiting marital status, in teachers who have access to only one technological resource or in those who have five or more resources, and in teachers in urban schools. It is recognized that the variables on the type of rural or urban school and access to technological resources have shown their relevance in the context of the pandemic.

Instituciones: Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya