title: Prevalence of burnout syndrome in intensivist doctors in five Brazilian capitals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of burnout in intensivist doctors working in adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in five Brazilian capitals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive epidemiological study with a random sample stratified by conglomerate with 180 intensivist doctors from five capitals representing the Brazilian geographic regions: Porto Alegre (RS), Sao Paulo (SP), Salvador (BA), Goiania (GO) and Belem (PA). A self-administered questionnaire examining sociodemographic data and the level of burnout was evaluated through the Maslach Burnout Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 180 doctors were evaluated, of which 54.4% were female. The average age was 39 ± 8.1 years, 63.4% had specialization as the highest degree, 55.7% had up to 10 years of work experience in an intensive care unit, and 46.1% had the title intensive care specialist. Most (50.3%) had weekly workloads between 49 and 72 hours, and the most frequent employee type was salaried. High levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and inefficacy were found (50.6%, 26.1% and 15.0%, respectively). The prevalence of burnout was 61.7% when considering a high level in at least one dimension and 5% with a high level in three dimensions simultaneously.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A high prevalence of burnout syndrome among intensivist doctors was observed. Strategies for the promotion and protection of health in these workers must be discussed and implemented in hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Oliveira Staffa
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Tironi
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Gestão em Saúde, Hospital de Urgências de Goiânia, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Mário Meira
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Teles
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dalton de Souza
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Débora Feijó Villas Bôas
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Colbert Martins da
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Silva Filho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Davi Felix
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Martins Júnior
authors.affiliation: Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Almeida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Matos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlito Lopes
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Nascimento Sobrinho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*