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PREVALENCE OF BURNOUT AMONG CLINICAL UNDERGRADUATES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Physical Therapy Basic Sciences

Abstract

Burnout is described as a syndrome may result from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed, especially among people whose profession involves numerous direct interactions with people. Undergraduate clinical students are typically exposed to such conditions predisposing to burnout in our practice area. It is probable that this may affect their academic performances and general well-being; hence this study sought to provide information on prevalence of burnout among University of Ibadan clinical students. A total of 361 students at the clinical phase of their training for degrees in Medicine and Surgery (n=185); Physiotherapy (n= 28); Dentistry (n=73); and Medical Laboratory Sciences (n=75) at the University of Ibadan were recruited using proportionally stratified random sampling technique. Socio-demographic information were obtained and their burnout level assessed using Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Data were summarised using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics of chi-square test of association and kruskal-wallis at p= 0.05.Results showed a pattern of high prevalence of burnout in the depersonalization domain (72.6%), 44% had feelings of low personal accomplishment, and 12.7% had feelings of emotional exhaustion on the MBI grading. Both the low personal accomplishment and feeling of emotional exhaustion are precursor to actual burnout. Results suggest that about 7 in every 10 students experience burnout or are at a risk of having burnout. The outcome of this study points to the need for appropriate measures to guard against possible factors predisposing to burnout among clinical students at different levels of their trainings.

DOI

10.21608/ejpt.2021.50913.1024

Keywords

prevalence, undergraduate, Burnout

Authors

First Name

Chigozirim

Last Name

ABANGWU

MiddleName

Ann

Affiliation

Department of Physiotherapy College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

Email

abangwuchigorzirim@gmail.com

City

Ibadan

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First Name

Margaret

Last Name

Fatudimu

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of Physiotherapy, University of Ibadan/ University College Hospital ibadan

Email

bukolafatudimu@yahoo.com

City

Ibadan

Orcid

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First Name

Talhatu

Last Name

HAMZAT

MiddleName

Kolapo

Affiliation

Department of Physiotherapy College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

Email

tkhamzat@com.ui.edu.ng

City

Ibadan

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Volume

5

Article Issue

1

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22980

Issue Date

2021-03-01

Receive Date

2020-11-24

Publish Date

2021-03-01

Page Start

13

Page End

19

Print ISSN

2682-4027

Online ISSN

2682-4094

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https://ejpt.journals.ekb.eg/article_156228.html

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1,139

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Physical Therapy

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https://ejpt.journals.ekb.eg/

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PREVALENCE OF BURNOUT AMONG CLINICAL UNDERGRADUATES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

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22 Jan 2023