109 - Prevalence of Burnout Syndrome and Associated Factors in Medical Students, during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Objectives: The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of Burnout syndrome and its associated psychosocial and academic factors during the period of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic in students of the School of Medicine of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua.

Design: This is a non-experimental, cross-sectional research with a mixed approach. Quantitative data were obtained under the application of the unidimensional scale of Student Burnout of Dr. Arturo Barraza Macias. To determine the validity of the results of each questionnaire, the decision rule >70% was used as a basis. In this sense, it was considered necessary for the questionnaire to have at least 10 of the 15 items answered, otherwise it would be annulled. The items were measured using a four-point Likert-type scale for positive items. Qualitative data were obtained through the application of surveys designed by Prof. Nolfa Ibáñez S. for the article "Emotions in the classroom".

Results:
The process of adaptation to virtual classes, implemented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been a triggering factor of emotional distress, thus exacerbating the incidence of Burnout syndrome in the student medical community with a universe in which 39% of the students presented a deep severity index, 47% moderate, 13% mild and 1% showed no signs. Implementing strategies focused on the prevention and early identification of Burnout syndrome in the university medical population will improve students' school performance and prevent the early onset of personality disorders, depression, and the adoption of suicidal tendencies.

Conclusions: -The virtual modality constitutes a triggering factor of Burnout syndrome in university students.
-Implementing strategies focused on the prevention and early identification of Burnout syndrome in the university medical population will improve students' school performance and prevent the early appearance of personality disorders, depression and the adoption of suicidal tendencies.