SÍNDROME DE BURNOUT: Um estudo com policiais militares

The activity of the military police officer can cause harm to the subject's mental and physical health, in addition to resulting in Burnout Syndrome. This syndrome is related to the suffering and mental exhaustion of workers, generating a major impact on their health and performance of their work activities. Therefore, the present study was carried out with military police officers from the Special Tactical Actions Group (GATE) of João Pessoa and Campina Grande – PB and its general objective was to analyze the presence of Burnout Syndrome in this population. The sample included 46 participants and the methodological approach refers to field research, with an exploratory-descriptive nature and a quantitative approach. Data were collected based on 2 instruments, a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Furthermore, through the results obtained, it was possible to verify that all research participants were male. And even though 72.3% of the police officers were located at some stage of the syndrome, especially in the initial phase, with a total of 62.1% of the participants. Therefore, the importance of implementing preventive measures and mental health support strategies to address Burnout syndrome among police officers is understood.