IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v20y2023i4p3560-d1071654.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Assessment of Medical Students Burnout during COVID-19 Pandemic

Author

Listed:
  • Mohammed A. Muaddi

    (Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia)

  • Maged El-Setouhy

    (Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia
    Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11591, Egypt
    Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA)

  • Abdullah A. Alharbi

    (Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia)

  • Anwar M. Makeen

    (Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia)

  • Essa A. Adawi

    (Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia)

  • Gassem Gohal

    (Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia)

  • Ahmad Y. Alqassim

    (Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

This study estimated the prevalence of burnout and its determinants among medical students at Jazan University during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 444 medical students completed an online survey containing the Maslach burnout inventory. The prevalence of burnout was 54.5%. Burnout reached its peak during the fourth year whereas it was the lowest in the internship year. Being a resident in mountain areas, being delayed in college-level, being divorced, and having divorced parents were all associated with an increased risk of burnout. During their time at medical school, students generally showed a trend of consistently high scores in the personal accomplishment subscale, a decreasing trend in the emotional exhaustion subscale, and an increasing trend in the depersonalization subscale. The most important predictive factor was having separated parents. Perceived study satisfaction appeared to be a significant protective factor in a dose–response manner. These findings suggest that burnout among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic is a concern that should be monitored and prevented.

Suggested Citation

  • Mohammed A. Muaddi & Maged El-Setouhy & Abdullah A. Alharbi & Anwar M. Makeen & Essa A. Adawi & Gassem Gohal & Ahmad Y. Alqassim, 2023. "Assessment of Medical Students Burnout during COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-11, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:4:p:3560-:d:1071654
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/4/3560/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/4/3560/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Lorena Mihaela Muntean & Aurel Nireștean & Cosmin Octavian Popa & Elena Gabriela Strete & Dana Valentina Ghiga & Andreea Sima-Comaniciu & Emese Lukacs, 2022. "The Relationship between Emotional Stability, Psychological Well-Being and Life Satisfaction of Romanian Medical Doctors during COVID-19 Period: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-12, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:4:p:3560-:d:1071654. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.