Introduction:

Burnout Syndrome (SB)* is considered a generalized fatigue of the person, is accompanied by exhaustion that causes disappointment, loss of interest in the work activity that develops.

Objective:

Determine the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in students of 8 semester Clinical V of the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of the Americas.

Methods:

Descriptive, comparative, prospective and transversal study, sample of 69 students; Maslash Burnout Inventory test was used for evaluation; tests of signs and symptoms to determine prevalence and severity; it compares syndrome with gender, time and type of clinical treatments performed by the student.

Results:

High emotional fatigue level 53.6%; depersonalization under 46.4%; average staffing 44.9%. Students surveyed presented burnout high 14.5%; average 82.6% and low 2.9%; Pearson's Chi squared tests, failed to determine significance, the results were similar among the gender variable, treatments performed and hour; in Syndrome with signs and symptoms, some pathologies were determined: partial insomnia, headaches; myalgia's, neck pain, pain in upper and lower extremities, flatulence, gastritis, presence of nausea, vomiting.

Conclusions:

Burnout Syndrome is presented in both genres, independent of the time and clinical action that the student performs

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