IntroductionBurnout syndrome is a work-related chronic stress that is described as emotional exhaustion, a decreased sense of personal accomplishment, and depersonalization. it has been considered an important problem especially among workers in the health sector.ObjectivesThe aim of this research was to study the prevalence of burnout among Syrian residents during the Syrian crisis, which started 9 years ago, and to assess the factors related to burnout syndrome.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the levels of burnout syndrome; data were collected from residents doing their residency in 12 different hospitals spread over 8 governorates in Syria. A web-based Arabic version of Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire was used. The final sample size was 3350 residents from different specialties. SPSS V.22 was used to analyses the data using descriptive and inferential statistics.Results(93.75%) had a high level in at least one of the three domains of the burnout index, and (19.3%) of the residents had a high level of burnout in all three domains. Significant relation was found between gender, age group and affiliated authority variables and the levels of burnout. However no significant relation was found between burnout and the specialties or geographic variables. Males, residents in Ministry of Defense, and emergency medicine residents had the highest levels of burnout.ConclusionHigh levels of burnout was found among residents during the Syrian crisis in comparison with other studies, which highlights the role of the current situation in raising workload on the Syrian residents.

Introduction: The corona virus disease 2019 is a disease caused by the newly discovered human infecting SARS-Co V-2 virus. The COVID-19 virus is highly transmittable, by August 14, 2020, more than 20 million people were confirmed to have COVID-19 worldwide, with more than 750,000 death. Syria was declared to have one of most vulnerable health systems in the world, with poor surveillance systems, unstable conditions, no standardized method for reporting infections, lack of sufficient public awareness, and a continued deterioration of humanitarian and socio-economic conditions across Syria.Objectives: to investigate the prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms among the Syrian population.Methods: this is a cross sectional study in Damascus – Syria, data were collected during August, 2020 using an online questionnaire that contained 3 section (demographic variables, awareness of COVID-19, symptoms of COVID-19) and analyzed using SPSS v.22.Results: 5212 people were included in the study, 59% females and 41% males, 9.6% had chronic medical conditions. 63.4% reported experiencing COVID-19 symptoms during the past 6 months, symptoms lasted 6.9 days on average, the most prevalent symptoms were as anosmia and dysgeusia (42.2%), headache (67.1%), fatigue (70%). Symptoms were significantly more prevalent in the past 14 days (P=0.000).Conclusion: Within the limits of this study, high prevalence of covid-19 symptoms was noticed in the Syrian population. Significant correlation was made between the severity and duration of the symptoms. Measures to slow down spread of COVID-19 need to be taken immediately.

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