Estudio del autocuidado y desgaste por empatía en los estudiantes de la carrera de atención prehospitalaria en una universidad privada del distrito Metropolitano de Quito en el periodo 2024-2025

Abstract

This research focuses on the study of Self-Care Behaviors, which are practices aimed at caring for physical, psychological and spiritual health. And the Empathy Burnout syndrome that occurs in people with careers related to health, who are in constant contact with suffering victims.The objective was to analyze Self-Care and Empathy Burnout in students of the Prehospital Care career at a Private University in the Metropolitan District of Quito in the period 2024-2025. To measure the aforementioned variables, the Self-Care Behavior Scale (ECA) and the ProQOL-IV Professional Quality of Life Scale were used.The processing was carried out in order to determine which self-care dimension of the proposals in the ECA scale is most used by the population. Additionally, with the ProQOL-IV scale, the levels of empathy burnout for each academic level were identified.The key questions addressed the answers to the objectives. The instruments used for data collection were two questionnaires prepared from the aforementioned scales. The ECA determined that the dimension that students use the most is psychological. On the other hand, the ProQOL scale identified that there is no empathy burnout, but there is a possible risk of developing this syndrome. Since a certain percentage of the population obtained a moderate level in Burnout and Secondary Trauma.