Open AccessPrevalence of burnout syndrome and associated factors in university professors working in Salvador, state of Bahia
Author(s) -
Laís Peres Silva,
Viviane Pereira de Cerqueira,
Jônatas Sousa Pires dos Santos,
Leice Lima da Silva,
Isabela Santos Cezar,
Jéssica Santos Dias de Abreu,
Israela de Sousa Reis,
Jamile Rocha Santos,
Vanda da Mata Costa,
Cristiane Flora Villarreal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.181
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2447-0147
pISSN - 1679-4435
DOI - 10.47626/1679-4435-2020-548
Subject(s) - burnout , burnout syndrome , state (computer science) , psychology , gerontology , medicine , clinical psychology , algorithm , computer science
Burnout syndrome is a phenomenon characterized by chronic emotional exhaustion that can lead to physical, psychological, and social consequences. Because they need to support themselves financially, university professors have accepted increasingly longer working hours and accumulated duties, resulting in greater exposure to factors that may induce the onset of mental disorders such as burnout syndrome.