[The professional burnout syndrome in resident physicians in hospital medical specialties].

Background: To evaluate the existence of burnout among medicine residents of hospitality specialties, and the relationship with sundry factors.

Methods: A transversal study was made among internal medicine residents of La Fe Hospital with more than one year in their job. For this purpose two questionnaires were used: a) the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a general questionnaire about social, demographic, residency, laborer and economic factors.

Results: Fifty-six (81.1%) internal medicine residents participated. Comparing with Spanish sample established with medical specialists, we found 7.1% or the residents with high scores on emotional exhaustion, while 17.8% scored high on depersonalization and 23.2% scored low on personal accomplishment. But the levels were lower on residents sample than in the medical specialties sample. Factors associated with burnout were social and demographic compass (be single), like on residency compass (the chosen specialty was not the first option), like properly laborer (low laborer satisfaction, to feel low recognition from boss or patients). We didn't find relationship with economic factors.

Conclusions: There are hospitality internal medicine residents who suffer burnout and exist relationship with social, demographic, residency and laborer factors.