Stress and burnout among multidisciplinary residents

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1064 - 1071
• Main Authors: Guido, Laura de Azevedo, Goulart, Carolina Tonini, da Silva, Rodrigo Marques, Lopes, Luis Felipe Dias, Ferreira, Emanuelli Mancio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Brazil Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 01.11.2012
• Subjects: Burnout, Professional - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Humans; Internship and Residency; NURSING; Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Internado no Médico; Esgotamento Profissional; Internato não Médico; Enfermagem; Analytical Epidemiology; Nursing; Epidemiología Analítica; Epidemiologia Analítica; Internship, Nonmedical; Burnout, Professional; Enfermería; Inservice Training; Capacitação em Serviço; Agotamiento Profesional; Capacitación en Servicio
• ISSN: 0104-1169; 1518-8345; 1518-8345; 0104-1169
• DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692012000600008

To identify associations between high-stress and burnout syndrome in multidisciplinary residents from a federal university in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This is an analytical, cross-sectional and quantitative study. A socio-demographic questionnaire, the Work Stress Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Health Services Survey (MBI-HSS) were applied to 37 residents between April and June 2011. P-values<0.05 were considered statistically significant. We verified that 48.65% of the residents experienced high-stress. When associating the MBI-HSS subscales, we verified that 27% of the residents showed some indication of burnout syndrome. There was a statistically significant correlation (p=0.00, r=0.68) between a high-stress and burnout. High-stress was confirmed as being a predictor of burnout syndrome among multidisciplinary residents. Therefore, we propose that intervention studies be conducted in order to change such contexts.