title: [Burnout and quality of life in medical residents].
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, and six and 12 months later. Descriptive statistics were used for nominal variables. Chi-square and ANOVA were applied to numerical variables.
  
  
  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.
authors.affiliation: Coordinación de Educación e Investigación en Salud, Hospital General Regional 46, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. sergio.prieto@imss.gob.mx.
authors.forename: Sergio Emilio
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Prieto-Miranda
authors.forename: Gisela Bethsabé
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Gallardo
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Bernardino
authors.forename: Laura Guadalupe
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Guerrero-Quintero
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: agotamiento profesional; burnout, professional; calidad de vida; internado y residencia; internship and residency; quality of life