“…Health professionals with chronically elevated levels of perceived stress (PS) are known to be more prone to burnout syndrome, as they are also susceptible to conditions such as fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, depression, obesity, coronary diseases, diabetes, cancer, psychosomatic disorders and drug abuse. Thus, the quality of health care may be compromised 9,10,11,12 , consequently decreasing the quality of clinical results among those in follow-up 13,14 , and increasing patients' dissatisfaction with the health care offered 15 . Given the scarcity of empirical data on the theme in Brazil, this study aims to evaluate the levels of PS among professionals in FHP, and verify their association to the characteristics of the teams to which they are connected.…”