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Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Hugo Rodrigues
  • Ricardo Cobucci
  • Antônio Oliveira
  • João Victor Cabral
  • Leany Medeiros
  • Karen Gurgel
  • Tházio Souza
  • Ana Katherine Gonçalves

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Background: Burnout is a psychological syndrome that is very common among medical residents. It consists of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and reduced personal accomplishment (PA). Objective: To estimate burnout among different medical residency specialties. Methods: A systematic review with meta-analysis was performed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A search of bibliographic databases and grey literature was conducted, from inception to March 2018. The following databases were accessed: Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Scopus, and 3,575 studies were found. Methodological quality was evaluated by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Methodology Checklist for Cross-Sectional/Prevalence Study. In the final analysis, 26 papers were included. Their references were checked for additional studies, but none were included. Results: 4,664 medical residents were included. High DP, EE and low PA proportions were compared. Specialties were distributed into three groups of different levels of burnout prevalence: general surgery, anesthesiology, obstetrics/gynecology and orthopedics (40.8%); internal medicine, plastic surgery and pediatrics (30.0%); and otolaryngology and neurology (15.4%). Overall burnout prevalence found for all specialties was 35.7%. Conclusion: The prevalence of burnout syndrome was significantly higher among surgical/urgency residencies than in clinical specialties. PROSPERO registration: CRD42018090270.

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  • Hugo Rodrigues & Ricardo Cobucci & Antônio Oliveira & João Victor Cabral & Leany Medeiros & Karen Gurgel & Tházio Souza & Ana Katherine Gonçalves, 2018. "Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-17, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0206840
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206840
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