The aim of this study was to verify the relationship between general level of health, muskuloeskeletal pain and occurrence of burnout syndrome in college teachers. Fifty teachers from a private university were evaluated. The level of general health was evaluated by the Portuguese version of the Personal Health Scale (PHS-Pt), muskuloeskeletal pain was verified by Nordic Muskuloeskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) and the occurrence of burnout syndrome was evaluated by the Portuguese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). The majority of the sample presented some compromising of general health level (total score PHS-Pt=6.7±3.8) with 70% presenting neck pain and 64% presenting lower back pain in the last year. Positive correlation occurred between burnout exhaustion dimension and level of general health. There were no correlation between MBI-HSS dimensions and muskuloeskeletal pain occurrence in the last year.
health status; faculty; burnout, professional
