Prevalence of Burnout in public hospital doctors in São Paulo

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Results and Discussion: Eleven percent (11%) of the doctors had Burnout Syndrome: 47% were between 31 and 45 years old; 52% were female; 67% were married; 100% had completed postgraduate level education; and 34% were in the period between 11 to 25 years after post graduation. Of the cases, 25% were anesthetists, 25% were surgeons, 25% were pediatricians, 12.5% were bonesetters and clinicians, 62% were emergency room doctors and 37.5% worker in other parts of the hospital. 62.5% worked more than 61 hours per week and 100% had more than three jobs. Conclusion: Although only 11% of the doctors showed signs of burnout (high results in emotional exhaustion, despersonalization and low personal fulfillment), 74% had high emotional exhaustion and 79% had high despersonalization, the protective farctor being the high level of personal fulfillment. To verify the Burnout Syndrome in doctors at a Public Hospital in São Paulo city. Methods. A case study was conduced at a general public hospital in São Paulo. The application of Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and social-demography inventory was applied in this cross-sectional study of 76 doctors (25% of the total population). The MBI is an auto-applicable inventory composed of three scales: 1) emotional exhaustion, 2) personal fulfillment, and 3) despersonalization.