Burnout in medical residents and associated factors

Nara Nobrega Crispim Carvalho; Marilia Marques Pereira Lira; Jose Luiz De Brito Alves; Flavia Cristina Fernandes Pimenta; Sergio Murilo Maciel Fernandes Filho

Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

Burnout in medical residents and associated factors

Nara Nobrega Crispim Carvalho, Marilia Marques Pereira Lira, Jose Luiz De Brito Alves, Flavia Cristina Fernandes Pimenta, Sergio Murilo Maciel Fernandes Filho

Abstract :

Burnout syndrome (BS) is characterized by high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization and low professional accomplishment. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of BS in medical residents and to assess its relationship with work hours, medical specialty, year of residency program, gender, age and marital status. METHODS: An observational study was conducted in Recife, Brazil, from June to August 2008. BS was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory. RESULTS: BS was diagnosed in 31.6% of the medical residents. No statistically significant association between the variables studied and BS was found. High emotional exhaustion was found in 67.1%, high depersonalization in 69.6% and low professional accomplishment in 43% of the medical residents assessed. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of BS in the medical residents was consistent with rates reported in the literature, although none of the risk factors assessed were significantly associated with the syndrome.