Burnout and Other Types of Emotional Distress Among Medical Students.
Burnout
Depression
Fatigue
Medical students
Quality of life
Self-reported general health
Journal
Medical science educator
ISSN: 2156-8650
Titre abrégé: Med Sci Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101625548
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
entrez:
30
8
2021
pubmed:
16
9
2019
medline:
16
9
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The medical literature reports that many medical trainees experience burnout. The primary goal of this study was to determine how the prevalence of burnout and other forms of emotional distress among the University of Kansas School of Medicine (KUSM) medical students compared to the previously published data. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 379 medical students. Between July and September 2018, we surveyed 872 KUSM medical students on the three campuses (Kansas City, Salina, and Wichita) of KUSM. The survey included items on demographic information, burnout, symptoms of depression, fatigue, quality of life, and self-reported general health. The authors used standard descriptive summary statistics, Kruskal-Wallis test/one-way analysis of variance, chi-square test, correlation, and multivariate logistic regression model to analyze the data. The overall response rate was 43.5% with 48% of the students reporting manifestations of burnout. Burnout, depression, and fatigue were lowest during the first year of training and increased as year in training progressed. In multivariate models, only year in training was associated with increased odds of burnout, symptoms of depression, and fatigue. Nearly 46% of the students screened positive for depression, and 44.6% reported high levels of fatigue in the past week. Even though KUSM students have a lower prevalence of burnout than the national rate (48% vs. 55.9%), this prevalence is high enough to warrant new interventions. Because burnout and other emotional distress increase over the course of medical school no matter what campus the students attend, interventions should be both longitudinal and global across all campuses.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The medical literature reports that many medical trainees experience burnout. The primary goal of this study was to determine how the prevalence of burnout and other forms of emotional distress among the University of Kansas School of Medicine (KUSM) medical students compared to the previously published data.
METHODS
METHODS
We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 379 medical students. Between July and September 2018, we surveyed 872 KUSM medical students on the three campuses (Kansas City, Salina, and Wichita) of KUSM. The survey included items on demographic information, burnout, symptoms of depression, fatigue, quality of life, and self-reported general health. The authors used standard descriptive summary statistics, Kruskal-Wallis test/one-way analysis of variance, chi-square test, correlation, and multivariate logistic regression model to analyze the data.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The overall response rate was 43.5% with 48% of the students reporting manifestations of burnout. Burnout, depression, and fatigue were lowest during the first year of training and increased as year in training progressed. In multivariate models, only year in training was associated with increased odds of burnout, symptoms of depression, and fatigue. Nearly 46% of the students screened positive for depression, and 44.6% reported high levels of fatigue in the past week.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Even though KUSM students have a lower prevalence of burnout than the national rate (48% vs. 55.9%), this prevalence is high enough to warrant new interventions. Because burnout and other emotional distress increase over the course of medical school no matter what campus the students attend, interventions should be both longitudinal and global across all campuses.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34457584
doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00810-5
pii: 810
pmc: PMC8368496
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1061-1069Informations de copyright
© International Association of Medical Science Educators 2019.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of InterestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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