title: [Burnout syndrome in medical and obstetric perception of violence].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obstetric violence involves a violation of reproductive rights of women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. It has been associated with lack of empathy and emotional discomfort of physicians.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To identify the perceptions of obstetric violence and to determine the possible relationship with burnout syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated 29 physicians whose scope of work relates to obstetrics and gynecology. The evaluation instruments were: a) questionnaire on professional perception that collects demographic information, situations of perceived obstetric violence, major concerns of physicians in their professional work, and includes an scale about level of job satisfaction, b) the Maslach Burnout inventory, and c) Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most prevalent obstetric violence situations perceived were: medical malpractice and harmful practices (10/29), discrimination (10/29), rude treatment and verbal attacks (11/29). Seventeen participants reported lack of information on obstetric violence and not have tools to cope with this problem. Regarding the burnout syndrome, it was associated with several items of the scale of empathy and with the scale of job satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows the importance of providing knowledge and tools to deal with obstetric violence and stress management to prevent such situations on medical practices.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pintado-Cucarella
authors.forename: Julio C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Penagos-Corzo
authors.forename: Marco Antonio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Casas-Arellano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008318:Malpractice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D046269:Reproductive Rights; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014933:Women's Rights