Burnout syndrome is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and sense of low professional accomplishment. It is a result of chronical stress and demanding works as anesthesiologist is.
Objetive: Evaluate the prevalence of burnout syndrome and the intensity of its components among Spanish anesthesiologist.
Method: cross-sectional study among  165   anesthesiologists working in Spain at recruitment time. An on-line questionnaires including Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), demographic and professional data was used. The time to answer was 15 days with one invitation at day 0 and a remainder 7days after.
Results: 60 questionnaires were completed (31,25%), 55% were woman and 45% male. 95% worked at public hospitals and 83% had a fixed work station. We found high  job satisfaction ( 4,55 over 6) on the other hand, depersonalization  (1,52 over 6)   and emotional exhaustion scales   (2,45 over 6) were low. No differences were found between sex, age, hospital dimension, duty days or type of contract.
Conclusion: The high level of job satisfaction with low levels of depersonalization and emotional exhaustion give us a low prevalence of burnout syndrome in our sample . More studies should be done to find out the causes and keep this low levels


04 / Burnout prevalence among Spanish anesthesiologist. Herráiz V; Pérez-Fuster JV. FISABIO-oftalmología Médica. USM Fuente de San Luis