1984 – Burnout syndrome and quality of life among intensivists physicians residents in salvador, bahia, brasil

• Published in: European psychiatry Vol. 28; p. 1
• Main Authors: Andrade-Mascimento, M, Barros, D.S, Nascimento Sobrinho, C.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier SAS 2013
• Subjects: Internal Medicine; Psychiatry
• ISSN: 0924-9338; 1778-3585
• DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(13)76921-9

Introduction There are few studies on burnout doctors in Brazil. Objectives/aims Describe prevalence of the Burnout syndrome in intensive care physicians of Salvador, and evaluate if there are correlation between aspects of Life Quality and the Burnout Syndrome. Methods A cross sectional study assessed the correlation between Life Quality and Burnout Syndrome in a population of 333 Intensive Care Physicians from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. An individual, self-report questionnaire evaluated the Life Quality' domains, using the WHOQOL-Bref and their mental health, using the Maslash Burnout Inventory (MBI). Results The present study found a Burnout ' prevalence of 63,6% (presence of high levels in at least one dimension of Burnout) and 7,4% (presence of high levels on the three dimensions of Burnout) in this population. It was founded a moderate correlation between psychological domain and the emotional exhaustion dimension of the Burnout syndrome (r = - 0,58). Physicians who had high level in anyone of the tree dimension of MBI presented low scores in the domains of the WHOQOLBref indicating association between both variable. Conclusion There was a negative correlation between scores in Quality of Life and MBI.