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The WHO has just included this problem in its list of work-related diseases.
Feeling exhausted, exhausted, without enthusiasm for work... these are the symptoms of burnout syndrome, a growing problem in developed societies. So much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) has just added it to its list of work-related diseases.
This syndrome always appears related to chronic stress in the work environment. "Prolonged stress over time, caused by situations to which we have not been able to respond," explains Jesús Montero-Marín, professor at the Faculty of Health and Sports Sciences at the University of Zaragoza, and member of a group research on this matter.
As he explains, there are three fundamental symptoms that allow us to detect a case of 'burnout': "Exhaustion, which arises when we try to respond to excessive demands; cynicism, understood as a detachment from work, a loss of enthusiasm for what we do, and finally, the inefficiency in the development of tasks".
They are not the only ones, but they are the clearest of a problem that affects very different people and is also caused by different situations.
Because a very self-demanding and dedicated employee can be so 'burned out' that he ends up sick due to the overload of work he endures, as well as someone who gets bored and does not feel developed in a monotonous job without expectations, or who believes that he does not control the results. of their work, that their effort is not recognized.
In fact, these three would be the main profiles with which Montero-Marín's team describes burnout sufferers. They are, respectively, the frenetic ones, the unchallenged workers, and the worn-out ones. A classification that seeks "to be able to provide solutions to each case."
