title: Burnout syndrome in first to sixth-year medical students at a private university in the north of Mexico: descriptive cross-sectional study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burnout syndrome is a three-dimensional clinical syndrome caused by stress at work. It is frequent in professions which require direct contact with people. In Mexico, the presence of Burnout Syndrome in doctors and medical students, is characterized as a threat to their health, quality of life and professional performance.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence of burnout syndrome in students of years 1 through 6 of medical school at a private university in northern Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study in the Escuela de Medicina Campus Laguna de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango. The one-dimensional scale of Burnout Student (EUBE) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were applied to the participants. SPSS 19 was used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 344 students, 255 participated; 153 from years 1 to 3 (group 1); and 72 from years 4 to 6 (group 2). We found that 94.1% of the students of group 1 had mild burnout syndrome, and 2.8% had moderate burnout syndrome. In Group 2, 27.8% had moderate burnout syndrome, and 8.3% had severe burnout syndrome. The prevalence of severe burnout syndrome was higher in group 2 than in group 1 (p=0.02).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Burnout syndrome affects medical students across all stages of their studies, and develops in a progressive way. In our study, external factors have no influence on the development of burnout syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México. Address: Circuito Industrial Durango 5001, Carretera a Santa Rita, Gómez Palacio, Durango, México. Email: dr_danielalmaraz@live.com.mx.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Asencio-López
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Guillermo Daniel
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Almaraz-Celis
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carrillo Maciel
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huerta Valenzuela
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Silva Goytia
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muñoz Torres
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monroy Caballero
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regalado Tapia
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Kerigma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dipp Martin
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Dinorah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: López Miranda
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Clyvia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Medina Lavenant
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pizarro Rodríguez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Cesar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Santiago Martínez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Alma Geovanna
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Saucedo Aparicio
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Durango, Campus Laguna, Durango, México.
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Flores Lepe
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: burnout syndrome; depressive symptoms; emotional stress; medical students