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Burnout risk in medical students in Spain using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey

Galán, Fernando, Sanmartín, Arturo, Polo, Juan, Giner, Lucas·2011·International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Abstract

Purpose It is questionable whether the Maslach Burnout is suitable for studying burnout prevalence in preclinical medical students because many questions are patient-centered and the students have little or no contact with patients. Among factors associated with burnout in medical students, the gender shows conflicting results. The first aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of the risk of burnout in medical students in preclinical and clinical years of training, using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, specifically designed and validated to assess the burnout in university students, and secondly, to investigate the association between gender and burnout subscales.Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 270 Spanish medical students-176 (65%) in the third year and 94 (35%) in the sixth year of training-using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey questionnaire.Results Internal consistencies (Cronbach's alpha) for the three subscales on the whole sample were as follows: for exhaustion 0.78, cynicism 0.78, and efficacy 0.71. Moreover, the prevalence of burnout risk was significantly higher in sixth-year students 35 (37.5%) compared with students in third year of training 26 (14.8%) (χ(2) test, p < 0.0001). No significant association was found between gender and burnout subscales.Conclusions The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey overcame difficulties encountered when students have little or no contact with patients. Our findings show that the risk of burnout prevalence doubled from the third year to sixth year of training and that gender was not significantly associated with any of the subscales of burnout.

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Authors
Galán, F., Sanmartín, A., Polo, J., & Giner, L.
Affiliations
Universidad de Sevilla (ES)
Corresponding author
Galán, Fernando
Venue
International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Published
2011-03-04
Volume
84
Issue
4
Pages
453-459
ISSN
  • 0340-0131 (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-1246
OpenAlex
W1984534381
Cited by
210
References
31
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FWCI
13.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
Keywords
burnout, medical students, Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey, burnout prevalence, cynicism, emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment, gender differences, preclinical training, clinical teaching
MeSH terms
Adult, Burnout, Professional, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Spain, Stress, Psychological, Students, Medical, Prevalence, Young Adult

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