Health Education and Health Promotion

Prevalence of Academic Burnout and Its Related Factors among the Students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Z. Rezaei 1
G. Karimianpour ‎ 1
A. Latifi 2
R. Azizyani 1
M. Sayyadi 3
A. Vahabi 4

1 Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Public Health Department, Health Faculty, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran

3 Ghods Hospital of Paveh, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

4 Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

Abstract
Aims: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence rate of academic burnout and its related factors among the students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences in 2017.

Materials & Methods: The method of the present study was a descriptive survey method. The statistical community of this study included all students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences among whom 382 students. Maslach questionnaire of academic burnout (1999) was employed for data collection and data analysis was performed using SPSS 16 software, descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Mann Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis).

Findings: The average age of the students under study was 21.51±2.08. Two hundred and sixteen participants (56.5%) were male and 166 (43.5%) were female. 22 participants (5.8%) had associate's degrees, 315 participants (82.5%) were undergraduate and 45 participants (11.8%) were studying in Master and higher levels. 357 students (93.5%) were single and 25 (6.5%) were married. Mean score of the academic burnout of students who participated in the study was 60.88±9.98. The results of data analysis showed that there has been a significant relationship between gender and place of university in one hand and academic burn out in another hand (p≤0.01) as well as between major of study and academic burnout (p≤0.05).

Conclusion: A significant percentage of students are suffering from academic burnout. Also, students with different majors of study may experience a different academic burnouts.

Keywords

academic burnout
Prevalence
Students
medical sciences
Iran
Subjects
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Health Education and Health Promotion
Volume 7, Issue 4
Spring 2019
Pages 177-181