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Revista de la Asociación Española de Especialistas en Medicina del Trabajo
On-line version ISSN 3020-1160Print version ISSN 1132-6255
Abstract
ROBLES, Dannia. Burnout syndrome in family medicine residents in Colombia during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rev Asoc Esp Espec Med Trab [online]. 2021, vol.30, n.3, pp.284-297. Epub Dec 20, 2021. ISSN 3020-1160.
Objective:
To estimate the prevalence of burnout among family medicine residents in Colombia during the first nine months of 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material and methods:
cross-sectional, descriptive, exploratory study carried out in family medicine residents belonging to academic programs of Colombian universities, who filled out the research instrument by means of a snowball survey that included sociodemographic data and the application of the MBI-HSS.
Results:
the prevalence of burnout is 6.8 % among the participants, being more frequent in male residents with a weekly dedication of more than 66 hours, belonging to the first semester.
Conclusions:
it is necessary to identify burnout syndrome periodically in resident physicians in order to adopt structured preventive measures within a risk management system to reduce the complications derived from the presence of this condition.
Keywords : Burnout; Prevalence; Family practice.
