Burnout in residents during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The high prevalence of burnout in resident physicians is expected to have increased as a result of the expansion of the pandemic. We conducted a systematic review with a meta-analysis of studies conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on burnout in residents and potential associated risk factors.

Methods

The search was done in the Web of Science, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Lillac databases (April 2020-October 2021) using a priori protocol based on the PRISMA guidelines. The Newcastle Ottawa Scale was used to assess the risk of bias in the included studies. We estimated the pooled prevalence (95% CI) of burnout and the prevalence ratio (95% CI) of each risk factor associated.

Results

We included 23 studies from 451 potential initial artic

SUBMITTER: Navines R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847582 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature