Qualidade de vida, prevalência da síndrome de burnout e da sonolência diurna em médicos residentes na cidade de Manaus

Abstract

Introduction: Quality of life is of fundamental when it comes to the professional who deals with lives. The medical residency has an excellent concept of medical training, but it suffers several criticisms in the resident physician's quality of life requirement, due to a sudden change in their lifestyle and a work rate increased by the workload required by the residency legislation doctor. Objective: The main objective of this study was to analyze the Quality of Life, prevalence of Burnout Syndrome and Daytime Sleepiness in physicians from various medical specialties: Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Anesthesiology, Otorhinolaryngology, Orthopedics and Gynecology and Obstetrics in a reference hospital in Manaus. Propose the structuring of the Support Center for Resident Physicians and Preceptors (NAMP) with the objective of implementing programs to improve the quality of life of resident physicians, research and training for preceptors. Method: The following questionnaires were given: 1. World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL); 2. Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) for daytime sleepiness assessment; and 3. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). According to Maslach’s criteria, Burnout was studied in its dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal fulfillment. Results: It was identified that a Burnout Syndrome has a prevalence of 77.42% in the studied residents. As for the self-assessment of quality of life, using the WHOQOL – abbreviated WHO questionnaire, we obtained an average of 5.42, which may indicate that there are factors in the residency that may be affecting the quality of life of these physicians. Regarding the levels of sleepiness in the daytime, a value of 13.21 was found for the group of resident physicians studied. Conclusion: The results obtained with the Burnout frames are related to exposure to stressors of working conditions. Therefore, a preventive approach to those factors that have a negative impact on residents’ health is necessary. In this sense, the structuring of the NAMP is proposed.