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The impact of burnout syndrome among medical students - meta-analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

L. Hogea*
Affiliation:
“Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Department Of Neurosciences, Timisoara, Romania
L. Corsaro
Affiliation:
Campus Bio Medico, Plastic Surgery, Roma, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The medical profession is associated with high requirements and responsibilities, and high rates of burnout have been reported in the medical literature.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to provide a detailed systematic review, focused on the impact of occupational burnout syndrome among medical students. A detailed perspective of existing instruments which are the psychometric properties and a meta-analysis of the average values of those three subscales of the most commonly applied tool - Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS).

Methods

The meta-analysis was performed based on the available data on burnout rates in medical students measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS) method. In order to define the eligibility criteria for finding the relevant literature, the PICO method - the “population-intervention-comparison-result” approach was used.

Results

The sample sizes included ranged from n = 73 to 4050 students. Mean values (M) ranged from 12.94 to 28.26 for emotional exhaustion and from 7.30 to 13.43 for depersonalization. M for personal achievement ranged from 31.3 to 38.07. Weighted averages and standard deviations were M = 22.93 (SD = 10.25) for emotional exhaustion, M = 8.88 (SD = 5.64) for depersonalization, and M = 35.11 (SD = 8.03) for self-accomplishment. The included studies reported different prevalence rates with burnout rates ranging from 7.0% to 75.2%. The prevalence rate of burnout measured by MBI-HSS varied between 10.0% and 63.4%.

Conclusions

The meta-analytical aggregation of eligible studies showed high values of “emotional exhaustion”, “depersonalization” and “self-accomplishment”.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

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