Relationship between Burnout and Body Mass Index in Senior and Middle Managers from the Mexican Manufacturing Industry
This research relates Burnout Syndrome (BS) with the Body Mass Index (BMI) among middle and senior managers of the Mexican manufacturing industry. Even though BS incidence is high in the Mexican industrial population, few systematic studies have explored BS and its relationship with other health pro...
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| Language: | en_US |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15030541 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/3/541 |
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| Summary: | This research relates Burnout Syndrome (BS) with the Body Mass Index (BMI) among middle and senior managers of the Mexican manufacturing industry. Even though BS incidence is high in the Mexican industrial population, few systematic studies have explored BS and its relationship with other health problems, such as obesity. The goal of this research is to determine the relationship between BS and the BMI in employees with normal weight, overweight, and obesity. We present three structural equation models to relate BS and the BMI. The BMI ranges were determined according to the parameters (normal weight, overweight, and obesity) proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO). The sample includes 361 employees that voluntarily answered a 31-item questionnaire. We measure the levels of BS using the Maslach Burnout Inventory–General Survey (MBI-GS) and analyze anthropometric and sociodemographic data from the participants.
Then, we determine the relationships between the variables through structural equation models and
estimate the direct, indirect, and total effects in the three models, which show acceptable reliability.
As main findings, the normal weight model has a larger explanatory power than the overweight and
obesity models. The same research hypotheses were tested and the effects of BS on the BMI differ
across the three models. Such results are presented by taking into account that obesity and overweight
require additional factors, such as genetic factors and personal eating habits, to be better explained. |
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