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Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students

Ali Mohammed Bahathig, Fahad Abdulaziz Aldhowaihy, Khaled Abdulrahman Alsmari, Tareq Ahmed Alluhidan, Abdulrahman Abdelkarim Alturki, Azzam Sami Alghuraybi, Ali Thaar Alotaibi.

Abstract
Background and aims: Burnout in medical students shows interest that has grown significantly over the last few years. This study’s aim is to know the prevalence of burnout in medical students which will help us to determine if this syndrome is common among medical students and if it needs intervention.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with all medical students who were enrolled in the 2019/2020 year at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Socio-demographic, burnout level (Maslach Burnout Inventory-General survey for students) data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Studies, Chi-square test was used for categorical variables and univariate logistic regression was used to assess the associated factors with burnout.

Results: In this study, 337 students were involved, the response rate was (79.2%). The mean age of the participants was 21.5 ±1.46 years, of whom males were (64.99%) while the females were (35.01%). The level of high burnout founded as (9.8%, n=33), while (25.5%, n=86) of students had high levels of emotional exhaustion, (29.4%, n=99) had high levels of cynicism and (34.4%, n=116) had a low level of professional efficacy.

Conclusion: Prevalence of burnout was found to be less than estimated documented studies in the region. Academic year was significantly associated with the level of burnout, especially the third academic year, no statistical significance to the association of burnout with gender and age was found. There is a gap in the literature need to be fulfilled to gain more knowledge about causes and effect of burnout.

Key words: Burnout, Emotional Exhaustion, Cynicism, Medical students, Saudi Arabia.


 
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Bahathig AM, Aldhowaihy FA, Alsmari KA, Alluhidan TA, Alturki AA, Alghuraybi AS, Alotaibi AT. Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students. Majmaah J Heal Sci. 2022; 10(3): 101-111. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010


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Bahathig AM, Aldhowaihy FA, Alsmari KA, Alluhidan TA, Alturki AA, Alghuraybi AS, Alotaibi AT. Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students. https://www.mjhs-mu.org/?mno=132780 [Access: December 06, 2023]. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010


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Bahathig AM, Aldhowaihy FA, Alsmari KA, Alluhidan TA, Alturki AA, Alghuraybi AS, Alotaibi AT. Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students. Majmaah J Heal Sci. 2022; 10(3): 101-111. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010



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Bahathig AM, Aldhowaihy FA, Alsmari KA, Alluhidan TA, Alturki AA, Alghuraybi AS, Alotaibi AT. Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students. Majmaah J Heal Sci. (2022), [cited December 06, 2023]; 10(3): 101-111. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010



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Bahathig, A. M., Aldhowaihy, . F. A., Alsmari, . K. A., Alluhidan, . T. A., Alturki, . A. A., Alghuraybi, . A. S. & Alotaibi, . A. T. (2022) Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students. Majmaah J Heal Sci, 10 (3), 101-111. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010



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Bahathig, Ali Mohammed, Fahad Abdulaziz Aldhowaihy, Khaled Abdulrahman Alsmari, Tareq Ahmed Alluhidan, Abdulrahman Abdelkarim Alturki, Azzam Sami Alghuraybi, and Ali Thaar Alotaibi. 2022. Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 10 (3), 101-111. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010



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Bahathig, Ali Mohammed, Fahad Abdulaziz Aldhowaihy, Khaled Abdulrahman Alsmari, Tareq Ahmed Alluhidan, Abdulrahman Abdelkarim Alturki, Azzam Sami Alghuraybi, and Ali Thaar Alotaibi. "Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 10 (2022), 101-111. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Bahathig, Ali Mohammed, Fahad Abdulaziz Aldhowaihy, Khaled Abdulrahman Alsmari, Tareq Ahmed Alluhidan, Abdulrahman Abdelkarim Alturki, Azzam Sami Alghuraybi, and Ali Thaar Alotaibi. "Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 10.3 (2022), 101-111. Print. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010



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Bahathig, A. M., Aldhowaihy, . F. A., Alsmari, . K. A., Alluhidan, . T. A., Alturki, . A. A., Alghuraybi, . A. S. & Alotaibi, . A. T. (2022) Prevalence of burnout among KSU medical students. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 10 (3), 101-111. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2022.03.010





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