[Stress among anesthesiologists in the city of Havana].
OBJECTIVE
To determine whether or not anesthesiologists are more vulnerable to stress, and whether or not they suffer related psychosomatic symptoms.


METHODS
Representative samples of 50 anesthesiologists and 80 other physicians not members of surgical teams in Havana, taken from a stratified randomized sample population. Data on the subjects' vulnerability to stress, anxiety levels and symptoms were collected through psychological testing and questionnaires.


RESULTS
Data obtained were subjected to statistical analysis, showing that susceptibility to stress was higher among anesthesiologists (64%) than in the control group (40%). Stress levels were also higher among anesthesiologists (60%) than among the controls (43%) and psychosomatic symptoms were highly related.


CONCLUSIONS
Anesthesiologists are subjected to stress that leads to psychosomatic symptoms to a greater extent than are other physicians.
Triana
M A
MA
Servicio de Anestesiología, Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico General Freyre de Andrade, La Habana, Cuba.
Huergo
J R
JR
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000776:Anesthesiology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D003462:Cuba; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology
Estudio sobre estrés en los anestesiólogos de la ciudad de La Habana.