SÍNDROME DE BURNOUT EN POSTGRADISTAS DE ANESTESIOLOGÍA Y REANIMACIÓN DE UNA INSTITUCIÓN DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE GUAYAQUIL.

Abstract

The burnout syndrome is among the most relevant psychosocial workplace risks at present, increasingly affecting professionals in the field of health, among which are resident physicians of specialties such as Anesthesiology and Resuscitation. A study was conducted with the objective of determining the prevalence of burnout syndrome in post-graduates of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation of a Higher Education Institution of Guayaquil. The research was observational, prospective, cross-sectional and descriptive, according to the Hernández Sampieri (2014) classification, with a sample of 42 physicians. A survey was applied with aspects related to the Maslach Burnout Inventory. 76.2% of the cases were under the age of 40, with an average of 36 ±7 years, 83.3% worked between 40 and 60 hours a week and the shift of guards (24 every 72 hours) was the most frequent in the group under the age of 40 and the morning shift in the rest of the age groups. The symptoms and signs most referred to were fatigue (64.3%) and epigastralgia (57.1%). It is concluded that two thirds of the cases presented Burnout Syndrome and it was found that the emotional exhaustion dimension was dependent on the number of hours worked per week.