Burnout syndrome in anesthesia trainees, our experience in a tertiary university hospital (original) (raw)

2014, European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Background and Goal of Study: The Burnout Syndrome (BS) is preconditioned by demographics, economics, social and professional factors af fecting in general medical doctors and particularly medical trainees. The aim of this study was to evaluate the BS prevalence evolution among Catalan residents of Anaesthesiology over the last 2 years. Materials and methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional and prospective study of Anaesthesiology residents performing their training during the academic years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 in Catalonia. The survey was carried out during theoretical classes of fered by the Catalan Society of Anaesthesiology, mostly visited by first (R1), second (R2) and third (R3) year residents. Social-demographics recorded were: gender, age, single or not, with children or not, salary, number of working hours/week, on-call shif ts/month. The anonymous and voluntary Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire was used for the analysis of motional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. According to definition, BS is present when the questionnaire final score has more than 26 points for emotional exhaustion and more than 9 points for depersonalization. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS®. Data are presented as percentages or absolute numbers; p < 0.05 was considered to be significant. Results and discussion: 154 Catalan residents answered the questionnaire in 2012-2013 (response rate 61.6%) and 110 in 2013-2014 (response rate 45.08%). There were no significant dif ferences in social-demographics among groups. During the last 2 years the more years of residency they had, the more BS was significantly present (2012: p=0.00595 and 2013: p=0.00277). Comparing both academic years, we observed less prevalence of BS in 2013-2014 without statistical significance (see table1).