Daud, Norwati
(2020)
Prevalence of burnout among medial students in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin and its relationship with emotional intelligence.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
The prevalence of burnout among medical students is shown to be high across
many countries. Burnout is associated with stress and mental health issues among
medical students. Many factors are associated with burnout among medical students.
Previous studies also showed that emotional intelligence was protective against
burnout. The study aimed to determine the prevalence of burnout among medical
students in Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) and its association with emotional
intelligence and other demographic and academic factors. In total, there were 200
medical students at the Faculty of Medicine UniSZA invited to participate in the study.
The students were from year one to year five selected using stratified random
sampling. An online Google Form questionnaire consisting of demographic data, a
Malay translation of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI-M) and the USM
Emotional intelligence inventory (USMEQ-i) was distributed using WhatsApp
application. Demographic data included gender, race, year of study and self -reported
entry CGPA. The outcome was in the form of burnout which was categorised into
significant and non-significant burnout based on the CBI-M score. Each factor was
analysed using a Chi-Square test to determine its association with burnout. Entry
CGPA and EI were analysed using an independent t -test. 182 medical students
responded. The response was 91.0%. The distribution of medical students responded
was according to the current proportion by gender, race and year of study. The
percentage of students categorised as having significant burnout was 36.8% (95% CI
29.8; 44.3). The mean (SD) for EI score was 2.85 (0.52). There was a negative
correlation between EI and burnout (r=-0.395) and it was statistically significant (P< 0.001). EI was significantly associated with burnout while gender, race, year of study
and entry CGPA were all not significantly associated with burnout. As a conclusion,
the prevalence of burnout among medical students in UniSZA was at a moderate
percentage compared to that of other countries. EI was found to be protective against
burnout. Measures need to be taken to prevent burnout among medical students and
may be incorporated into the medical curriculum. EI may be considered as one skill
to be developed to reduce burnout.
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