Avaliação da Prevalência da Síndrome de Burnout em Estudantes de Medicina

Abstract

Introduction: Burnout Syndrome (BS) is related to chronic occupational stress, present in the life of medical students. This syndrome comprises three basic dimensions: I- emotional exhaustion; II- increased mental distancing from the work itself or feelings of negativism and cynicism related to the work itself; and III - reduced professional effectiveness. This study aims to assess the prevalence, risk factors for the development and symptoms associated with Burnout Syndrome in medical students from a district college, in addition to establishing a profile of students with a higher risk of having a BS diagnosis. Method: This is a cross-sectional observational study. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) - Student Survey questionnaire, specific version for students, which is a questionnaire of sociodemographic factors, one of predictive factors and another of possible somatic symptoms associated with BS were applied. The sample was obtained by convenience and its representativeness was calculated in relation to the total number of students. A student was considered to be at moderate or high risk of developing BS when they had one or two altered BS dimensions, respectively. Results: 67.11% of the total students regularly enrolled from the 1st to the 6th year of the medical course answered the questionnaires. Of the total sample, 80.63% of male students and 81.06% of female students were identified as having a high or moderate risk for BS. The sociodemographic factors associated with the risk of developing BS were: age, who the student lives with, having children and doing paid work. The most statistically significant predictor was the self-management of tasks proposed by the Medical School. Conclusion: The prevalence of high risk and diagnosis of BS found among medical students was 26.44% and 3.95%, respectively. Differences were identified between the high-risk profiles for female and male students.

Burnout em estudantes de medicina em Itumbiara

“…Estudos nacionais e internacionais mostram maior tendência de SB em mulheres, segundo Cazolari et al (2020), apontam importante recorte de gênero e diferença entre homens e mulheres no que diz respeito a níveis de Burnout e qualidade de vida em geral, a partir dos quais as mulheres que estudam Medicina apresentam menores scores de saúde mental quando comparadas com os homens. Rodrigues et al (2020) apresenta que as mulheres não se sentiam recompensadas pelo esforço acadêmico, ao contrário dos estudantes do gênero masculino, que afirmavam ser capazes de controlar todos os seus afazeres acadêmicos e institucionais e não acreditavam que eram exigidos mais do que são capazes em um dia de estudo.…”

“…Um estudo semelhante trouxe como justificativa que ter filhos aumenta a responsabilidade do indivíduo e reduz seu tempo livre, o que elevaria o risco de desenvolver a SB. Em contraste a esses achados, o estudo feito por Rodrigues et al (2020) trouxe resultados não encontrados em nenhum outro estudo, ao mostrar que os alunos com filhos não apresentaram maiores riscos de Síndrome de Burnout.…”

Prevalência da Síndrome de Burnout entre estudantes de medicina e fatores sociodemográficos associados

“…No presente estudo, a porcentagem encontrada foi alta, o que pode ser entendido como consequência do uso do critério bidimensional, o qual é mais flexível quando comparado ao critério tridimensional. Já nos outros três estudos citados, foi observado que as taxas de indicativo para a SB se justificam pelas elevadas demandas das atividades extracurriculares e por fatores individuais e culturais de cada aluno, além do fato de que os autores também utilizaram o critério bidimensional (menos rígido) (Rodrigues et al, 2020;Vale et al, 2021).…”

Elaboration and validation of an Instrument to Identify Sexual Harassment of Medical Students (MESSHII)

“…Based on the construction of relationships in a society based on patriarchy and religious taboos, sexual harassment is perceived as an institutionalized act and, because it is culturally rooted, it is configured as silent violence 2 that leads to trauma and important consequences for the victim, such as depressive symptoms, burnout syndrome, minor psychological disorders and several other psychological, physical, work-related, institutional and/or social impacts 3 , that is, mental health problems that, regardless of whether due to harassment or not, are already commonly found in medical students [4][5][6][7] .…”