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Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna

versão On-line ISSN 2312-3893

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ALCARAZ BRITEZ, Adriana Guadalupe et al. Burnout syndrome in internal medicine resident physicians. Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2023, vol.10, n.1, pp.57-65. ISSN 2312-3893.  https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2023.10.01.57.

Introduction:

Burnout syndrome is defined as a response to chronic work stress, made up of negative attitudes and feelings towards the people with whom one works and towards one's own professional role. It is considered as the advanced phase of professional stress.

Objectives:

To evaluate the prevalence of Burnout syndrome in internal medicine residents in a tertiary level hospital.

Materials and methods:

An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out by means of an online survey through Google Forms™ applied to resident physicians in the area of ​​internal medicine applying the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) test.

Results:

Of the 60 residents, which include first, second and third-year students, 71.6% participated, 58.1% correspond to women and 41.9% to men. The age group with the highest participation (79.1%) is between 26 and 30 years old. If the presence of 2 of 3 variables is taken into account (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, lack of personal fulfillment), the prevalence of Burnout syndrome was 46.5% (20 of 43 respondents).

Conclusion:

The prevalence of Burnout syndrome based on 2 of its 3 criteria was 46.5%.

Palavras-chave : psychological exhaustion; work stress; professional exhaustion; health personnel.

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