Relationship between occupational wear and psychosomatic manifestations in a sample of Colombian teachers from the city of Santa Marta.

Relación entre Desgaste ocupacional y manifestaciones psicosomáticas en una muestra de docentes colombianos de la ciudad de Santa Marta.

Objective: to analyze the occupational wear and the psychosomatic manifestations in teachers of the city of Santa Marta-Colombia. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 76 participants, from the city of Santa Marta-Colombia, were applied the Occupational Wear Scale. The study was a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional study. Results: The results suggest that the majority of teachers surveyed have low occupational wear, however, there are some teachers with high occupational wear (1.3%, 3.9% and 1.3% in exhaustion, depersonalization and dissatisfaction achievement) respectively or at risk for, since, among the middle level and the level above the average there is a significant percentage that has exhaustion (18.4%), depersonalization (42.1%) and dissatisfaction achievement (3.9%). In addition, no statistically significant differences were found between the sexes in any of the dimensions and it was evidenced that there is a statistically significant correlation between occupational wear, socio-labor variables and psychosomatic manifestations. Conclusion: burnout could be reflected in the health of teachers through psychosomatic manifestations, suggesting actions of promotion and prevention in health.