Burnout syndrome and resilience in medical students from a Brazilian public college in Salvador, Brazil.

Autor: Roger Dias, Alan, Mozart Fernandes, Santiago, Fialho-Silva, Ivã, Cerqueira-Silva, Thiago, Miranda-Scippa, Ângela, Galvão-de Almeida, Amanda
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Zdroj: Trends in Psychiatry & Psychotherapy; 2022, Vol. 44, p1-10, 10p
Abstrakt: Introduction: Burnout syndrome is highly prevalent among medical students. Whereas burnout syndrome has been associated with negative outcomes, like suicidal ideation, protective factors are still unknown. Objective: To evaluate if there is an association between burnout syndrome and resilience in medical students, assessing covariates such as depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and religiosity. Method: This cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 209 students from a medical school in Brazil. Burnout syndrome was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Student Survey. Potential protective factors and aggravators to burnout syndrome were investigated using appropriate scales. Results: Fifty-nine students (28.2%) presented burnout. Multivariate analysis showed that resilience was a protective factor (p < 0.001), along with being older, married or having better academic performance. Depressive symptoms were positively associated with burnout. Religiosity was not a protective factor and suicidal ideation was not associated with burnout when adjusted for depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Burnout is frequent among medical students, impacting mental health and academic performance. Resilience seems to be a protective factor, and the relationship between burnout and suicidal ideation is possibly mediated by depressive symptoms. Prospective studies are needed to further investigate the associations found in this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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