title: Burnout Syndrome During Residency.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study is identified the degree of Burnout Syndrome (BOS) and find out its correlation with years of recidency and sociodemograpfic chareacteristics, training, sleeping habits, such as smoking and alcohol consumption.
  
  
  METHODS
  After approval from the Hospital Ethics Committee and obtaining informed consent, First, second, third, fourth and fifth year of recidency staff (n=127) working in our hospital were involved in this study. The standardized Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used in this study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty six male (44.1%) and seventy one female (55.9%) residents were enroled in this study (Coranbach Alfa(α)=0.873). 57% of the first year residents smokes cigaret and 54% of them use alcohol. 2% of them gets one day off after hospital night shift, 61% of them suffers from disturbed sleep. 60% of them had been stated that they willingly selected their profession. 61% of them prefers talking to friends and 32% of them prefers shopping to overcome stress. There were statistical difference acording to years of recidency in MBI, Emotional Burnout (EB) and desensitisation scale (DS) points. EB scale points of the second year of residency group was statisticaly higher than fourth year of residency group. DS points of second year of residency group was also statisticaly higher than the third and fourth year of residency group. There was no statistical difference between any groups in Personal Success.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BOS is a frequent problem during residency in anaesthesia. Appropriate definition and awareness are the first important steps to prevent this syndrome. Further administrative approaches should be evaluated with regard to their effects.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Namigar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karacalar
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özlem
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Kıran
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gültop
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seray Türkmen
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Kalyon
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sinoğlu
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zincirci
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Psychiatry, Ministry of Health Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaya
keywords: Burnout syndrome; Maslach Burnout Inventory; resident