Abstract:

Objective: Burnout syndrome is common among healthcare workers. However the studies of resident physicians burnout levels measurements are limited in our country. In our study we aimed of measure the levels of burnout in different branch residents in Dokuz Eylul University hospital. Methods: In our study Maslach Burnout Scale were performed to different branch residents in Dokuz Eylul University hospital by the survey method and asked about thoughts related to their profession. Burnout levels of the residents in different branches were compared with each other. Results: 189 residents from the basic medical sciences and surgical and internal medicine departments of Dokuz Eylul University hospital were included in the study. 16 of the residents participating in the study were from basic medical sciences and 126 from internal medical departments and 47 from surgical departments. 50,8% of the residents were women and the mean age was 28.4 ± 3.1. Average Emotional Exhaustion (EE) score was 19.17 ± 8.37, Depersonalization (DP) score was 18.97 ± 7.73 and Personal Accomplishment (PA) was 24.35 ± 6.27. EE and DP scores were lowest in basic sciences residents than other branches (each of them p<0.001) altough there were no significiant difference in EE and DP scores between surgical and internal medical residents. Internal medical residents PA score higher than the surgery residents (p=0.037). There were no significiant difference in PA scores between basic sciences residents and surgical departments residents and inernal medical departments residents. Conclusion: EE and DP scores of internal medicine and surgical departments residents are higher than basic sciences residents. Internal medicine residents have the highest and basic sciences residents have the lowest PA score

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