Burnout Syndrome: Teachers at Risk

Burnout syndrome is seen as an enigma for scholars of public health and occupational health. Motivated by the current state of basic education in Brazil and challenged by the large number of factors that directly influence the burnout epidemic, this study aimed to propose hypotheses about the incidence of burnout syndrome in teachers through the description and analysis of succinct and direct information in the context of basic education in the public school system of Rio de Janeiro. Over a two-year period, we sought at all times to determine the status of the three dimensions of Burnout Syndrome (MBI). We interviewed teachers from two schools in common, but who work simultaneously in many districts of the metropolitan region of the state of Rio de Janeiro. The results and statements revealed an even more frightening picture to which education professionals in the city of Rio de Janeiro are exposed. The authors are part of the Emformação Laboratory (Program for Education, Management, and Dissemination in Biosciences) team at the Leopoldo de Meis Institute of Medical Biochemistry at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.