Sindrome de burnout e suas repercussões na qualidade de vida de professores e alunos no Brasil

Professional exhaustion promotes clinical signs and symptoms that characterize Burnout Syndrome. This situation is a consequence of an experience of chronic stress, promoting reduced quality of life, lower functionality and physical and psychological illness. The aim of this study was to identify sociodemographic, work and psychosocial factors related to the development of Burnout syndrome and impaired quality of life of students and teachers in Brazil. This is an integrative literature review, using the PICO strategy, in the databases: PubMed, Scientific Electronic Library Online - SCIELO and Latin American Literature on Health Sciences - LILACS. The following Health Sciences (DeCS) Descriptors were used: "Burnout, Psychological"; "Quality of Life" and "Brazil". The results included in the results were 25 studies for analysis. The sample consisted of medical students (40%), students from other areas of knowledge (16%), university professors (8%) and teachers from elementary or high schools (36%). The prevalence of Burnout syndrome in the Brazilian academic environment ranged from 0 to 60%. The specific percentages for different groups were: 12 to 44% for medical students; 0 to 10.89% among students from other areas; 30.6 to 60% for university professors; and 17.6 to 31% among elementary or high school teachers. In view of the results found, burnout syndrome has a great impact on the various actors in the student context.