BURNOUT SYNDROME IN STUDENTS OF MEDICINE OF A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH REGION OF BRAZIL

Abstract

To verify if there is fulfillment of the criteria for burnout syndrome diagnosis and its correlation with sociodemographic variables in students from the 1st to the 4th year of the medical course of the State University of the West of Paraná - UNIOESTE, campus of Francisco Beltrão is the objective of this study. It is a quantitative, descriptive and transversal study carried out with 126 scholars. Data collection was performed using the MBI-SS scale adapted by J. Maroco and M. Tecedeiro (11), and a sociodemographic survey. 39.68% (n = 50), 35.71% (n = 45), and 34.12% (n = 43) of the students respectively achieved positive score for emotional exhaustion, disbelief and decreased efficacy. 6.34% of the medical school students closed criterion for burnout syndrome. The analysis of the isolated questions matching the three syndrome features also revealed significant data. The results indicated a significant mean for the emotional exhaustion sub-item, considered as the first to present evidence and indicative of potential risk for the syndrome development. Disbelief and decreased efficacy also showed important indices and should not be neglected.