SATISFACTION WITH THE LIVES OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS IN THE STATE OF PIAUÍ

Abstract

Medicine is always in contact with what is most emblematic of the human being: pain, disease, finitude, death and the idea of failure in health. Therefore, the doctor needs to be a very healthy person so that he can provide good care to others. However, increasingly, these professionals present themselves as vulnerable subjects to illness and bring up their precarious working conditions. These conditions can directly influence the level of satisfaction with the life of these professionals and predispose them to a situation of fragility in relation to themselves and others, putting them at risk of developing burnout syndrome. Therefore, the objective of this study was to apply and correlate a Life Satisfaction Scale validated by UFRS among anesthesiologists in the State of Piauí. Possible factors that may contribute to a lower level of satisfaction and the existence of factors that may lead to the development of Burnout Syndrome were identified. Most anesthesiologists in the State of Piauí are satisfied with life. The highest scores found are directly related to satisfaction with remuneration. There was no factor associated with a low level of life satisfaction, however, it can be seen that some interviewees are possibly emerging in risk factors related to a future illness.