OBJECTIVE: This study aims to measure the point prevalence, degree of burnout among nurses assigned at Pavilion 10 in San Lazaro Hospital and determine if there is a correlation of the degree of burnout with selected socio-demographic characteristics.
METHODOLOGY: Purposive sampling of all 19 nurses assigned at Pavilion 10 was conducted. A questionnaire was developed to determine socio-demographic and work-related characteristics of the respondents. Burnout was measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory Scale coupled with key informant interviews as to possible job stressors that would contribute to nurses burnout.
RESULTS: A mean age of 37.7 years was noted. The majority of the subjects were married, most of whom had spouses working in a non-health related profession. The predominant religion was Roman Catholic (89.5 percent). Most of them lived with their families. The majority of them had been working at the hospital for more than 10 years and at Pavilion 10 for more than 3 months. Most of them had respiratory problems. MBI scores revealed that 63.1 percent of the nurses had high levels of emotional exhaustion, 36.8 percent had low levels of personal achievement but only 26.3 percent had high levels of depersonalization. The mean score for Emotional Exhaustion was high but only average for the personal achievement and depersonalization subscales.
CONCLUSION: The results of the present survey suggest that our nurses were experiencing more burnout than "average". However the high scores on the EE compared to the DP and PA subscales suggest that they were still in the early stages of burnout. Programs designed to alleviate their burnout could prevent its progression. In the analysis of the data, no association was noted between the MBI scores and the selected socio-demographic and work characteristics.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; Burnout, Professional ; Nurses ; Achievement ; Burnout, Professional ; Catholicism ; Depersonalization ; Marriage ; Prevalence ; Spouses ; Surveys And Questionnaires

OBJECTIVE: Since foreign detainees suffer multiple stresses, this study was conducted to determine the socio-demographic profile of those at the Bureau of Immigration (BID) Jail in Bicutan, Taguig, and Metro Manila as well as identify some of their mental health problems.
METHODOLOGY: Foreign detainees at the BID Jail were interviewed. Their socio-demographic profile, length of stay in the Philippines and in jail, reason for travel, problems encountered, crimes committed and health problems encountered while in the country were tabulated. The Self- Reporting Questionnaire and the Anticipatory Cognition Questionnaire were used for identifying psychiatric problems.
RESULTS: Of the 42 subjects the mean age was 37 years old. The most predominant nationality among the detainees was that of Indians (26.2%). Among those who were married, 25 (83.3%) were married to Filipino citizens. The highest educational attainment of the subjects was college. The predominant religions were Islam and Christianity. Twenty-six (61.9%) have stayed in the Philippines for four years or more and 25 (59.5%) at the BID jail for less than a year. Among the reasons for travel, the most common reason given by 45.2 percent of the population was for business purposes. Problems encountered while in the Philippines pertained mostly to legal matters. Most of them were detained because of overstaying, with some having a concomitant criminal case. Half of the subjects denied having any medical problems other than dermatological illnesses (21.4%). More than half (52.4%) of the foreign detainees were SRQ positive while 50 percent showed depressive symptoms based on the ACQ, both suggesting the high prevalence of anxiety and depression among the detainees interviewed. Psychosis was also noted in 28.6 percent of the subjects included in the study.
CONCLUSION: Considering the high prevalence rates of depression, anxiety and psychosis among the subjects interviewed at the BID jail, it would be an act of medical negligence as well as a human rights violation not to address these while they are still detained at the BID jail.

Human ; Male ; Female ; Middle Aged ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Anxiety ; Christianity ; Cognition ; Crime ; Criminals ; Depression ; Depressive Disorder ; Emigration And Immigration ; Ethnic Groups ; Human Rights ; Humans ; Length Of Stay ; Malpractice ; Mental Health ; Philippines ; Prevalence ; Prisons ; Psychotic Disorders ; Surveys And Questionnaires