Introduction:

Burnout Syndrome is recognized as an important global problem among health care workers, producing exhaustion as a result of emotional demands, depersonalization as a cynical, negative response to patient care and reduced achievement refers to the belief that you can no longer work effectively. All this leads to a major concern among doctors due to their high level of stress at work.

Objective:

determine the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome among internal medical residents of various specialties and evaluate the associated factors.

Methods:

cross-sectional observational study. The Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire and a sociodemographic questionnaire were used to evaluate the factors associated with the syndrome in internal medical residents the southeast area of Madrid. Burnout was defined as the association of high emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low professional performance. From all 569 internal medical residents just 119 participated in the study.

Results:

the prevalence of Burnout in the internal medical residents surveyed was 29.4%. The only factor that showed association with a higher prevalence of Burnout was being a woman. No factors showed association with the dimensions emotional fatigue or personal fulfillment. However, having people in charge seems to be a risk factor and being in the last years of medical residence seems to be a risk protective factor for developing a higher degree of depersonalization.

Conclusion:

the prevalence of exhaustion in internal medical residents is in agreement with previous studies. The early identification of risk factors is essential to develop solutions and interventions that could improve the working condition of internal medical residents as preventive measures against Burnout Syndrome.

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