Dados do Trabalho

Título

Burnout syndrome and its impacts on sleep and study in young adults.

Introdução

Burnout syndrome is defined as a work disorder that generates mental suffering to the patient, through the components of emotional exhaustion, lack of professional achievement and, because of this, it brings important damages to the individual’s sleep. Because it is a disorder directly related to employment, it is understood that young adults, especially those who are students, have a greater risk of developing such syndrome, to excessive hourly loads of physical and mental effort in their routines.

Objetivo

Present the main impacts of Burnout Syndrome on sleep of young adults, besides highlighting its relations with student activity in this population.

Métodos

The study consists of a systematic review carried out in July 2024, on the PubMed database, based on the keywords "burnout AND sleep AND young adult" and "burnout AND sleep AND student". The period analyzed comprises the years 2015 to 2024, in which 70 articles were found, and only 7 were included in the research.

Resultados

The articles, in their majority, demonstrate that sleep alterations are interconnected to the increase of perceived stress, a common imbalance among young students, which compromises the three components of burnout. Another important factor is the emotional load inherent to certain professions, which require personal interactions and constant physical overload, factors common to health courses, which denotes a greater risk of burnout and insomnia for this group, which is subjected to pressures about the curriculum and sacrifice of time. In addition, the quality of sleep of students has more relevance for the improvement of exhaustion, compared to the duration of sleep. It was also found that sleep deprivation can be a precipitating factor for the drop in productivity, which associated with work overload, may evolve into a burnout, which would reverse the causal relationship assumed about these disorders.

Conclusões

Young adults are susceptible to several impacts when they do not get a restful sleep. For, the emotional overload associated with academic life, an important cause of exhaustion for young people, culminating in insomnia, impairs concentration in studies and enhances Burnout Syndrome. In addition, poor sleep quality, combined with prolonged stress, reflects on the two dimensions of burnout, personal exhaustion and study-related burnout. Thus, it reduces the energy and interest of young people in professional activity.

Palavras -chave

Burnout; Sleep; Young adults; Students.