Abstract

SUAREZ CADAVID, Elena; LEMOS, Mariantonia; RUIZ GONZALEZ, Erika Patricia  and  KRIKORIAN, Alicia. Relationship between empathy, compassion and burnout in medical students, residents and medical professionals in Medellin. Rev. logos cienc. tecnol. [online]. 2022, vol.14, n.3, pp.59-72.  Epub Nov 12, 2022. ISSN 2145-594X.  https://doi.org/10.22335/rlct.v14i3.1644.

Physicians are exposed to high levels of work pressure, which leads to a higher risk of Burnout. Empathy is the cognitive and affective recognition of a person's state of mind and situation. Compassion is a response to the recognition of the patient's suffering and the desire to reduce it. Objectives: to explore the relationship between empathy, compassion and Burnout in medical students and professionals and other variables related to the syndrome. Method: 143 physicians and students answered a sociodemographic questionnaire, the MBI, the TECA, and the Compassionate Commitment and Action Scale. Results: 41.9 % showed high levels of emotional exhaustion, 21 % depersonalization and 19.5 % low levels of accomplishment. Burnout levels were negatively associated with the perception of balance between social, family and work life, compassion and age; F(5, 92) = 11.012, p < 0.00; (p < 0.05). Emotional fatigue interrupted the development of behaviors related to self-compassion and confirmed the perception of success. Conclusions: For physicians to have optimal levels of affective empathy and compassion, the development of cognitive empathy and emotional regulation skills is essential. These are protective factors for Burnout.

Keywords : empathy; compassion; Burnout; physicians; medical students.

        · abstract in Spanish | Portuguese     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )