scholarly journals BURNOUT SYNDROME AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

Author(s):  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Gil-Calderón ◽  
Jéssica Alonso-Molero ◽  
Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos ◽  
Inés Gómez-Acebo ◽  
Javier Llorca

Abstract Background Burnout syndrome is a frequent syndrome related to people that feel a deterioration in their daily activities due to highly demandant psychological requirements in their workplaces. Within last decades, this syndrome has been studied across medical professionals, concluding that stress levels that physicians suffer is high enough to make them develop burnout syndrome. In the case of medical students, there are some recent studies, although with small samples. For this reason, given that this phenomenon may produce a huge impact in medical students’ development, the aim of this study is to analyze the influential factors that may contribute to its occurrence. Methods The necessary information was gathered through a web-based questionnaire, divided in two parts. The first part of the survey included questions related to personal aspects of the students. Burnout related questions (second part) were divided in three subscales to evaluate exhaustion, cynicism, and academic efficacy levels. Results Family support for studying medicine is associated with lower burnout levels in all three scales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The number of years spent in the degree show the opposite trend: the more years in the degree, the higher score in all burnout scales. Conclusions Burnout syndrome is a problem among medical students in Spain that increases with the number of years studying medicine. It should be also noticed that family support and vocational studies are independent factors related to lower levels of burnout.


2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilson de Cavalcante Almeida ◽  
Hercílio Ribeiro de Souza ◽  
Paulo César de Almeida ◽  
Beatriz de Cavalcante Almeida ◽  
Gilson Holanda Almeida

Author(s):  
Thaís Dandara Azevedo da Silva ◽  
Hebe Janayna Mota Duarte Beserra ◽  
Maurício Caxias de Souza ◽  
Sérgio Ribeiro dos Santos ◽  
Ericka Silva Holmes ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafaella Do Carmo Ribeiro ◽  
Milena Nunes Alves de Sousa

Objetivo: correlacionar as estratégias de enfrentamento, dimensões de Burnout e qualidade de vida em estudantes de Medicina. Metodologia: pesquisa transversal, descritiva e correlacional. Amostra não probabilística intencional, representada por 76,66% do universo. Aplicaram-se três instrumentos validados: Inventário de1 Estratégias de Coping, Maslach Burnout Inventory - Students Survey e World Health Organization of Life-Bref. Os dados foram analisados a partir de estatística descritiva, Correlações de Pearson e regressão linear múltipla com método Stepwise. Resultados: a estratégia fuga e esquiva teve correlação negativa com os aspectos psicológico e social de qualidade de vida, ao contrário da resolução de problemas e reavaliação positiva que demonstraram correlação positiva. Quanto às dimensões de Burnout, confronto e afastamento mostraram relação positiva com exaustão emocional e descrença. Fuga e esquiva correlacionou-se positivamente apenas com descrença, enquanto resolução de problemas correlacionou-se de forma negativa. Reavaliação positiva associou-se à eficácia profissional positivamente. Conclusão: todas as dimensões da síndrome de Burnout foram afetadas pela utilização das estratégias de enfrentamento e os aspectos da qualidade de vida mais comprometidos por essas estratégias envolveram o psicológico e social dos alunos.Descritores: Adaptação Psicológica. Qualidade de Vida. Burnout. Estudantes de Medicina.


2020 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 280-289
Author(s):  
Helen Hana Fernandes Tavares ◽  
Heloísa Rodrigues Soares da Silva ◽  
Isabela Maria Melo Miranda ◽  
Raquel de Oliveira Santos ◽  
Heloísa Silva Guerra

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (12) ◽  
pp. 1375-1380
Author(s):  
Abdulmajeed Alkhamees ◽  
Naif Alaqil ◽  
Ali Alsoghayer ◽  
Basil Alharbi

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiayu Zhang ◽  
Tao Shu ◽  
Ming Xiang ◽  
Zhanchun Feng

Abstract Background:Burnout is a stress-induced syndrome that is considered closely related to work. Although social support could reduce burnout syndrome, the effect of it on learning burnout in medical students remains unclear. The objectives of the study are to evaluate the association between learning burnout and social support in a cohort of Chinese medical students.Methods:A cross-sectional online survey was distributed to students who participated in online learning in a medical college in Wuhan during the COVID-19 epidemic. We used the Lian version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to assess learning burnout and the Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) to assess social support.Results:A total of 684 students completed the survey (response rate of 30.9%), of which 315 (46.12%) met standard criteria for learning burnout. We found grade, family income, learning time, and the number of interactions with teachers or classmates had an effect on students’ learning burnout. After adjusting for the grade and residence, there was a significant and relevant association between the social support and learning burnout. (adjusted odds ratio, 0.93 for 1-point decrease in total SSRS score; 95% CI, 0.90 – 0.96; p < 0.001).Conclusions:Learning burnout was highly prevalent in medical students of our college. The social support especially subjective support and utilization of support played a protective role in reducing the risk of learning burnout.


Author(s):  
Camila Serra Rodrigues ◽  
Márcia Luísa Albuquerque de Deus ◽  
Flávia Teixeira de Andrade ◽  
Giovanna Breda Rezende ◽  
Lucas de Ávila Mariano ◽  
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Abstract: Introduction: Burnout Syndrome (BS) is related to chronic occupational stress, present in the life of medical students. This syndrome comprises three basic dimensions: I- emotional exhaustion; II- increased mental distancing from the work itself or feelings of negativism and cynicism related to the work itself; and III - reduced professional effectiveness. This study aims to assess the prevalence, risk factors for the development and symptoms associated with Burnout Syndrome in medical students from a district college, in addition to establishing a profile of students with a higher risk of having a BS diagnosis. Method: This is a cross-sectional observational study. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) - Student Survey questionnaire, specific version for students, which is a questionnaire of sociodemographic factors, one of predictive factors and another of possible somatic symptoms associated with BS were applied. The sample was obtained by convenience and its representativeness was calculated in relation to the total number of students. A student was considered to be at moderate or high risk of developing BS when they had one or two altered BS dimensions, respectively. Results: 67.11% of the total students regularly enrolled from the 1st to the 6th year of the medical course answered the questionnaires. Of the total sample, 80.63% of male students and 81.06% of female students were identified as having a high or moderate risk for BS. The sociodemographic factors associated with the risk of developing BS were: age, who the student lives with, having children and doing paid work. The most statistically significant predictor was the self-management of tasks proposed by the Medical School. Conclusion: The prevalence of high risk and diagnosis of BS found among medical students was 26.44% and 3.95%, respectively. Differences were identified between the high-risk profiles for female and male students.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0256446
Author(s):  
Irena Ilic ◽  
Ivana Zivanovic Macuzic ◽  
Sanja Kocic ◽  
Milena Ilic

Introduction Burnout syndrome is common among medical students, but findings about the gender differences in burnout are not consistent. The aim of this study was to assess high risk of burnout syndrome among medical students at one University in Serbia, by gender. Method A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac in 2014. The Maslach Burnout Inventory—Student Survey was used for assessment of burnout level. A questionnaire on basic socio-demographic characteristics (age, gender, marital status, habits, etc.) and academic performance (year of study, cumulative total average grade, length of study, housing, study financing, etc.) was used. The study included a total of 760 medical students (760/836 medical students; participation rate: 90.9%). Logistic regression analysis was used to determine odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results Significant gender differences were detected in prevalence of high risk of burnout syndrome (male students– 19.0% vs. female students– 12.8%, p = 0.024). A significant independent predictor of high risk for burnout syndrome in male medical students was study year (p for trend = 0.011), while in female medical students–study year (p for trend = 0.002) and use of sedatives (adjusted OR = 5.74, 95% CI = 1.96–16.77, p = 0.001). Conclusion Our results indicate the need to assess the risk of burnout syndrome at the very beginning of medical studies, in order to more effectively control the modifiable risk factors.


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