Occupational burnout is often physically, emotionally, and mentally exhausting, and this has a profound effect on the quality of patient care. Therefore, the present study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health with burnout. This study was a descriptive-analytical study in 2009 on 200 anesthesiologists in the operating room who were selected by available scoring method; done .Maslach's burnout questionnaire, Goldberg's mental health, and emotional intelligence were used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were used to analyze the data in 22SPSS statistical software.Out of 200 anesthesiologists, 76 had excellent mental health scores, 104 had good health and 8 had moderate mental health. A significant statistical relationship was observed between the dimensions of burnout and mental health with emotional intelligence in anesthesiologists with p <0.001.There is a significant relationship between mental health variables and emotional intelligence with job burnout variables in anesthesiologists. This means that people with higher mental health and better emotional intelligence experience less burnout. Key words: Emotional Intelligence, Mental Health, Burnout, anesthetists

Emotional Intelligence Mental Health Burnout anesthetists