Depression and Burnout among Residents

Objective: To determine the relationship between depression and burnout among physicians and whether depression and burnout were identical. Method: Cross-sectional study using an anonymous handled survey to Suez Canal University Hospital residents. Beck Depression Inventory-II and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used to measure Depression and Burnout, respectively. Results: Among 84 (64.6%) responding residents, statistically significant relations were found between depression and burnout. A significant positive correlation was found between depression and both emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. A negative correlation was found between depression and personal accomplishment. Burnout, unlike depression, is not related to gender, marital status or work hours the physician works.Both depression and burnout predict one another. Conclusion: Depression and burnout are two different problems that are closely related among physicians.