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ABSTRACT

Objective: To identify the risk factors associated to depression and to evaluate the influence of burnout syndrome on medical residents working at a third level hospital in Mexico City
Methods: The study was observational and analytic. The information was recollected using a questionnaire made by three parts: The first one searched about laboral conditions and social facts of individuals, the second one used the Zung Scale for depression and the third one included Maslach Burnout Inventory.
Results: The incidence of depression had an overall incidence of 16.3%; the incidence of depression for clinical residents was 16% and 16.7% for surgical residents. The burnout syndrome was determined in 35% of the total population with a major incidence in the clinical group. The most affected area was the lack of personality in 25%, followed by emotional stress in 16.2%.
Conclusion: Depression has been recognized as a frequent disease in the medical population with a significal rise in recent years. This condition is related with health and work consequences in the medical field. However, depression is not well recognized and treated on time. This work shows the necessity of making long term studies to create better strategies around prevention of depression in medical resident years.

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