Abstract

SABORIO MORALES, Lachiner  and  HIDALGO MURILLO, Luis Fernando. Síndrome de Burnout. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2015, vol.32, n.1, pp.119-124. ISSN 2215-5287.

Burnout syndrome was declared in 2000 by the World Health Organization as an occupational risk factor for its ability to affect the quality of life, mental health and even life threatening. Its definition is not in the DSM-V, or the ICD- 10, but is usually described as an inadequate way to deal with chronic stress, whose main features are emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal performance. In Costa Rica there have been few studies to determine the incidence of burnout syndrome in medical staff in the country, which have had small samples and have yielded percentages ranging from 20% to 70%.

Keywords : Burnout syndrome; emotional overload syndrome; burnout; Fatigue Syndrome at work.

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