Professional Burnout Syndrome and Workplace Violence Harassment in Medical Residents at a Third Level Care Unit in the State of Mexico

Abstract

Objective: To identify the frequency of professional burnout syndrome and workplace harassment in medical residents of a health care center in the State of Mexico. Methods: cross-sectional study, 82 medical residents from eleven specialties from first to third year residency participated. The Maslach instrument designed to measure professional burnout and the Workplace Violence Scale (wvs) were applied. Results: 43.9% presented professional burnout syndrome, harassment at work, sexual harassment with excessive violence in 14.6% and the presence of excessive physical violence in 18.3%. Conclusions: a high frequency of burnout syndrome was found, and sexual harassment and physical violence were the highest in terms of workplace harassment.