Torres María, Rodríguez Ana Beatriz, Franco Lourdes
Introduction: Burnout Syndrome is an important problem that affects healthcare professionals to a greater extent than other workers. It has been estimated that approximately a 50% of physicians suffer from this syndrome. It is a problem that affects doctor’s well-being that can cause health problems on those professionals. Consequences of this syndrome not only affect the physician but also, a doctor affected by this syndrome is more likely to make medical errors and it also makes it harder to achieve the patient’s adherence to treatment.
Materials and Methods: To check which factors can be linked to the onset of the syndrome, we have performed a study based on collecting data by a survey sent to Spanish doctors. This survey was divided in two parts, first one containing questions related to sociodemographic variables that we considered might be linked to the syndrome and second one, with the questions of the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
Results: Then we proceeded to the statistical analysis of the obtained data, concluding that prevalence of this syndrome remains similar compared to previous studies.
Conclusion: It was also concluded that the difficulty of the computer systems that professionals use, as well as the time physicians spend with their patients in relation with the time they spend doing tasks in their computers also effects on the onset of Burnout Syndrome.