Burnout and quality of life in medical residents
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Keywords
Quality of life, Burnout, professional, Internship and residency
Abstract
Background: burnout and quality of life are poorly studied phenomena in postgraduate students, and its effects are unknown. The aim was to investigate the relationship between quality of life and burnout in medical residents.
Methods: a longitudinal study was performed. We included medical residents who began their postgraduate studies in 2010. The Spanish version of the Quality of Life Profile for the Chronically Ill (PLC, according to its initials in German), and the Maslach Burnout Inventory specific to physicians were applied at the beginning, six and 12 months after. Descriptive statistics were used, for nominal variables. Chi-square and Anova to numerical variables were applied.
Results: we included 45 residents, the average age was 26.9 ± 2.93 years, 18 (40 %) were female and 27 (60 %) were male. The PLC survey found significant decrease in four of the six scales assessed in the three measurements. The Maslach Burnout Inventory found high levels of emotional exhaustion in the three tests, low levels of depersonalization and low personal gains at the beginning, rising at six and 12 months. The most affected specialty was Internal Medicine.
Conclusions: burnout and impaired quality of life for residents exist in postgraduate physicians and it is maintained during the first year of residency.
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