Résumé
Burnout syndrome includes aspects of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decrement of personal accomplishment. Medical and health care staffs are vulnerable to burnout syndrome because of their exposure to physical and psychological stressors. The present study assessed the rate of aspects of burnout syndrome and its relations to demographic characteristics in staffs of health care centers of Mashhad. In this descriptive-analytical study we evaluated staffs of 30 health centers of Mashhad in 1385. Data was collected using the demographic questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory [MBI]. MBI is a Likert rating scale to assess different aspects of burnout. Data was statistically analyzed using SPSS and appropriate descriptive and analytic statistical tests. This study showed that 24.5% of staffs had high rates of emotional exhaustion, 0.7% had high rates of depersonalization and 6.7% of subjects experienced the low rates of personal accomplishment. There were significant correlation between emotional exhaustion and depersonalization [P=0.000] and between personal accomplishment and emotional exhaustion [p=0.008]. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization had significant convert correlation with age of staffs [P=0.015 and P=0.010]. Only depersonalization was significantly higher in men than women [P=0.035]. High emotional exhaustion in staffs of health care centers in comparison with other reports was prominent and needs to close attention, but other aspects of burnout were in good position in them