Risk Factors associated to BURNOUT Sindrome in dentistry students from University of Valle

Abstract

SUMMARYObjective: To determine the risk factorspredisposing to burnout syndrome instudents from Dentistry Program at theUniversity of Valle.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study were enrolled 90 studentsin the period from February to June 2012in the academic program of Dentistry fromthe Universidad del Valle, who attend third,fourth and fifth year. The test Maslach BurnoutInventory (MBI) was applied whichconsists of 22 items with 7 response optionscorresponding to three basic dimensions ofburnout syndrome, emotional exhaustion(AE), depersonalization (D) and reducedpersonal or professional accomplishment(BR). Chi2 test were run for each of thefactors and Kruscal Wallis and ANOVAwere also applied.Results: The fifth graders scored an averageof 5.60 on a scale of depersonalization(D), which was statistically significant,indicating that there is a risk factor presentin this group of students. In this dimensionof depersonalization, values were lowerfor levels 1, 2, 3 and 6 but there was nostatistically significant differences betweenthem. Given the sub-scale of emotionalexhaustion (AE) the highest values wereassociated with socio-economic levels 3,4 and 5.Conclusions: Our results show that the academicload can be a predisposing factor thatimpacts mainly on the depersonalizationand manifests itself at the end of college.Socioeconomic variables, family environment,age, or spend a certain semesterdo not constitute specific risk factors fordevelopment of the syndrome.
 Key words: Burnout syndrome, emotionalexhaustion, depersonalization, personalaccomplishment.