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Effect of a Brief Intervention Program on Burnout among Medical Students at Faculty of Medicine in Suez Canal University, Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Background: Studies revealed that stress and burnout developed in medical students during their academic learning years, progress throughout their clinical years, and proceed in their practice as physicians. This can negatively impact their learning abilities, mental, cognitive, and physical health.Therefore, effective programs are needed to assure medical students' well-being, and to prevent negative consequences of burnout and stress related to medical training. Aim: This study was aiming to improve the provided care to medical students by improving their mental and psychological health by providing baseline information on the prevalence of stress and burnout and by conducting an interventional program to reduce them. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted on medical students in the Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt. Socio-demographic questionnaire was used to collect data in addition to the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS) to measure burnout, and the General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) to measure stress. The intervention group and control group contained 50 students per each, where randomization was done using the computerized method. The program was a 3-day workshop with a post-test followed it by 1 month. Results: The prevalence of stress among students was 51%, while that of burnout was 43%. After implementing the program there was a significant improvement in the scores of emotional exhaustion (EE), academic performance domain of burnout, and GHQ-12 among the intervention group. Conclusion:Brief intervention programs can help students to cope with their stress leading to significant improvements and a decrease in the prevalence of burnout among them.
 

DOI

10.21608/scumj.2022.260723

Keywords

Burnout, Stress, Medical students

Authors

First Name

Safaa

Last Name

El-Zoghby

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt

Email

safaaelzoghby86@hotmail.com

City

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Orcid

0000-0003-3978-55565

First Name

Maged

Last Name

Khattab

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt

Email

mskhatab@yahoo.com

City

Ismailia

Orcid

-

First Name

Hanan

Last Name

El Gammal

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt

Email

hananelgammal11@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-1538-3908

First Name

Enayat

Last Name

Soltan

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt

Email

enayatsoltan@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-2192-008X

Volume

25

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

31648

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-09-22

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

96

Page End

108

Print ISSN

1110-6999

Online ISSN

2090-2581

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SCUMJ_Volume 25_Issue 2_Pages 96-108.pdf

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https://scumj.journals.ekb.eg/article_260723.html

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938

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Suez Canal University Medical Journal

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22 Jan 2023