Is physical inactivity still poisonous to the health of Bukavu city workers suffering from burnout?

Abstract

The influence of the level of physical activity on burnout syndrome among Higher Education and University staff remains very little documented among students living in Sud kivu South Kivu in general and particularly in Bukavu. In an analytical study of 131 workers of the Higher Institute of Medical Technology of Bukavu aged 25 and over of both sexes, carried out during the period from April 15 to September 15, 2024. The validated IPAQ Questionnaire was used to measure the low, moderate and high level of physical activities. The Maslach burnout Inventoy (MBI) self-assessment scale allowed us to assess the three aspects of burnout: Emotional Exhaustion, Dehumanization and Lack of Personal Accomplishment. The chi-square test allowed us to show the influence between the variables studied. The managers and agents of ISTM-Bukavu are affected by moderate Burnout syndrome, with an average score of 21.3, of which dehumanization was higher, with 16 and moderate Emotional Exhaustion, with 22. Thus, 63.4% of these workers do not engage in light physical activity, 67.7% do not engage in moderate physical activity, 58% do not engage in vigorous physical activity and 55.7% of them do not engage in muscle strengthening physical activities. Feeling emotionally drained by their work influences 72.5%, p = 0.001 managers and agents to become inactive and sedentary. Becoming more insensitive to people since acquiring this job influences him at 67.8%, p = 0.001 and the fear that this job will harden emotionally influences at 68.8%, p = 0.005 workers to become inactive and sedentary. The health of workers is a very important issue to improve the quality of services provided to the population; burnout turns out to be a major obstacle, because it results in emotional exhaustion, dehumanization and lack of personal accomplishment. Sedentary lifestyle and physical inactivity have proven to be amplifiers and catalysts of these, at values exceeding the average, with a higher rate of dehumanization and emotional exhaustion. An adapted physical activity program for ISTM-Bukavu staff and managers turns out to be a solution and a remedy, which can prevent and reduce the consequences and impact of burnout.