Objectives: To identify the prevalence and factors associated with the Burnout Syndrome (BOS) in physicians of the Hipólito Unanue National Hospital in Lima-Peru, during 2018. Material and methods: Observational, transversal and analytical study. The initial study population was constituted by 252 doctors. A sample was selected by the stratified random sampling technique. Different socio-demographic and labor variables were recorded through an anonymous survey. For the diagnosis of BOS, the Maslach Burnout Inventory was used. The variables associated were determined by means of a logistic regression model. A value of p <0.05 was considered significant. Results: Out of 150 doctors surveyed, 23 (15.3%) showed results compatible with BOS. Sixty-five (43.3%) of the respondents reached a high level of emotional exhaustion, 69 (46%) a high level of depersonalization, and 6...