Comparison of the burnout among medical residents before and during the pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to compare the level of burnout syndrome in medical residents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify potential risk factors.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted on medical residents from three different university hospitals in Turkey in March 2021, one year after the pandemic hit Turkey. Burnout is measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory which assesses three dimensions of it: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Collected data were combined and compared with data from a previous study which was held in the same hospitals in December 2019, three months before the pandemic.

Results

412 medical residents from three universities participated. The mean age was 27.8 ± 2.4 and half of the

SUBMITTER: Kucukali H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9758755 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature