Triggering and protective factors of burnout in medical resident physicians in a lower-middle-income country: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residents and interns are prone to emotional and physical exhaustion, also known as burnout. Burnout has not been studied much in physicians working in lower-middle income countries. We conducted this study to determine the burden of burnout among internal medicine residents and to identify triggering and protective factors associated with burnout.

Materials and methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted at two institutes in Karachi from 2018 to 2019. All residents registered in the internal medicine program for at least 6 months were invited to participate via an online survey. An abbreviated version of the Maslach Burnout scale was used to measure burnout, and protective and triggering factors were recorded according to known factors.

Results

A total o

SUBMITTER: Mahmood SBZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8219648 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature