[ABSTRACT] This purpose of this study was to confirm if the burnout syndrome is modulated by demographic variables (gender, age, marital status, children, job) and the sintomatology that it causes in individuals. The sample consisted of 30 health profesionals (23 women and 7 men, 21 nurses and 9 nursing auxiliars). A questionnaire containing sociodemographic questions, the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) and the stress reactivity index (IRE-32) was administrated. The only demographic variable wh