Assessing the Frequency of Burnout Syndrome Among Medical Students in United Arab Emirates University and Identifying Any Associated Factors
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 132
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Assess the frequency of burnout syndrome in clerkship medical students (5th and 6th year of MD program) collected over 3 months period.
研究概览
简要总结
Burnout Syndrome is a medical condition caused by long-term job-related strain and is defined by presence of either one or more of the three states i.e. emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. Burnout has been shown to cause decreased work output and mental well being of employees and increase errors at workplace. Burnout is observed in various lines of work and but has been found to be especially high among academic students undertaking professional studies as well as healthcare professionals. Medical students in their clerkship years undergo high stake exams, while adapting from classroom and simulation learning to participate in clinical care of patients in hospital care setting with no prior experience, which much them vulnerable to developing burnout during medical school. Burnout can effect medical students' well-being, which may continue into their internship and residency so greater emphasis in required on creating an awareness of burnout and identifying any factors associated to its development.
详细描述
Burnout syndrome can develop after a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal workplace stressors, and is defined by 3 dimensions - emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. Burnout syndrome can be prevalent in up to half the medical students and those studies have suggested poor mental health among them. Various external and internal factors may contribute to burnout in medical students and little is known about the impact and mechanism of these factors in developing burnout. Burnout can develop, persist or worsen in residency years and it has been found to frequent among Diabetes specialty residents in United Kingdom as well in Emirati medical residents. Burnout can affect overall wellbeing of medical students with health consequences as well as poor work engagement/ educational outcomes.
To the best of authors knowledge no data exists on burnout in undergraduate medical students in clinical years (clerkship) in United Arab Emirates
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Medical students (5th and 6th year) of college of medicine and health sciences in United Arab Emirates University
- •Currently attending the college, not on sick leave or long-term absence.
- •Agreed to participate after Informed consent
排除标准
- •Self-reported presence of active mental health illness or current treatment.
结局指标
主要结局
Assess the frequency of burnout syndrome in clerkship medical students (5th and 6th year of MD program) collected over 3 months period.
时间窗: cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months
The purpose of this study is to estimate the frequency of burnout syndrome in medical students in the clinical years (fifth and sixth years in a 6-year MD programme) in College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University via validated tool from Mind Garden, Malasch Inventory for Burnout Syndrome, assessing all three subscales of burnout i.e Emotional Exhaustion (with cutoff score for high burnout \>26; range 0-54 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome), Depersonalization (with cutoff score for high burnout \>12; range 0-30 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome), and lack of personal accomplishment (with cutoff score for high burnout \< 32; range 0-48 with higher scores meaning a better outcome)
Assess factors associated with presence of burnout syndrome in clerkship medical students (5th and 6th year of MD program) collected over 3 months period.
时间窗: cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months
To identify factors associated with presence of burnout in medical students in the clinical years (fifth and sixth years in a 6-year MD programme) in College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Dr Adnan Agha
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University
United Arab Emirates University