Morales-Cadena GM, Fonseca-Salazar NF, Fonseca-Chávez MG

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ABSTRACT

Background: The syndrome of professional attrition is the emotional consequence generated in an individual in relation to the work he performs. This has been related to poor performance in and out of professional practice and poor quality of life.
Objectives: To identify the syndrome of professional attrition in postgraduate residents of surgical and non-surgical specialties and to determine if there is any significant difference between them.
Material and Method: An observational, cross-sectional, comparative study based on the application of the Maslach questionnaire to residents of 4 surgical specialties and 4 medical specialties, to evaluate the 3 dimensions that make up the syndrome of professional attrition. The results of the inventory were evaluated by means of quantitative and qualitative statistics.
Results: Nine-three questionnaires were obtained; 46 of medical specialties and 47 of surgical specialties. The emotional fatigue and depersonalization scales show a predominance in the male gender with 54.4% and 45.45%, respectively. On the scale of personal fulfillment, women stood out over men with 81.57% vs 72.72%. The scales of emotional fatigue and depersonalization stood out in medical specialties with 65.2% and 54.3%.
Conclusions: The labor and emotional demand that is required to work in a private hospital is different due to the tutorial program with which residents are trained, which may justify that medical specialties have greater professional burnout syndrome.