Burnout Syndrome in Pediatric Posgraduate students

Abstract

Background: The clinical syndrome of Burnout (SB) or burnout syndrome was first described in 1974 by the American psychiatrist Herbert Freudenberger as "a state of fatigue or frustration that results from dedication to a cause, lifestyle or Relationship that does not produce the expected reinforcement". The objective of the study was to identify Burnout syndrome in postgraduate students of pediatrics at the National Autonomous University of Honduras in the Sula Valley, which rotated through the Hospital National Mario Catarino Rivas during the period from June 2014 to august 2016. Patients and methods: A quantitative, descriptive, non-experimental study was performed with the resident physicians already described. The data were obtained from a questionnaire in which the sociodemographic, occupational and own characteristics of the Burnout syndrome were evaluated. In addition, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) adapted to spanish was implemented, which determines; emotional exhaustion (EC), depersonalization (DP) and personal fulffllment (PR), which have been classiffed into three levels: low, medium and high. Results: We surveyed 43 residents. 70% (30) had high emotional fatigue, 60% (26) had high levels of depersonalization and 37% (16) had low levels of personal fulffllment. It was found that 58% (25) had Incomplete Burnout Syndrome, 7% (3) presented complete Burnout and 35% (15) did not present the syndrome. Conclusions: It was determined that burnout syndrome exists in pediatric residents. Incomplete Burnout syndrome was the most frequent presentation in more than half of the students.
Keywords
Burnout Professional, Doctors, Pediatric Assistants