Assessing Burnout in Medical Students in Clerkship Years in United Arab Emirates

January 10, 2024 updated by: Dr Adnan Agha, United Arab Emirates University

Assessing the Frequency of Burnout Syndrome Among Medical Students in United Arab Emirates University and Identifying Any Associated Factors

Burnout Syndrome is a medical condition caused by long-term job-related strain and is defined by presence of either one or more of the three states i.e. emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. Burnout has been shown to cause decreased work output and mental well being of employees and increase errors at workplace. Burnout is observed in various lines of work and but has been found to be especially high among academic students undertaking professional studies as well as healthcare professionals. Medical students in their clerkship years undergo high stake exams, while adapting from classroom and simulation learning to participate in clinical care of patients in hospital care setting with no prior experience, which much them vulnerable to developing burnout during medical school. Burnout can effect medical students' well-being, which may continue into their internship and residency so greater emphasis in required on creating an awareness of burnout and identifying any factors associated to its development.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Burnout syndrome can develop after a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal workplace stressors, and is defined by 3 dimensions - emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. Burnout syndrome can be prevalent in up to half the medical students and those studies have suggested poor mental health among them. Various external and internal factors may contribute to burnout in medical students and little is known about the impact and mechanism of these factors in developing burnout. Burnout can develop, persist or worsen in residency years and it has been found to frequent among Diabetes specialty residents in United Kingdom as well in Emirati medical residents. Burnout can affect overall wellbeing of medical students with health consequences as well as poor work engagement/ educational outcomes.

To the best of authors knowledge no data exists on burnout in undergraduate medical students in clinical years (clerkship) in United Arab Emirates

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Estimated)

132

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • United Arab Emirates
    • Abu Dhabi
      • Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 15551
        • Recruiting
        • Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 40 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Medical student of the 5th and 6th year (clinical/clerkship years) of the 6-year MD programme

We plan to include at least 132 medical students based on sample size calculation with total population of 200 clerkship students with 95% confidence level and 5% margin of error.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Medical students (5th and 6th year) of college of medicine and health sciences in United Arab Emirates University
  2. Currently attending the college, not on sick leave or long-term absence.
  3. Agreed to participate after Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Self-reported presence of active mental health illness or current treatment.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Medical Student in the final two clinical years (Clerkship years)
All the current medical students of College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University in the clinical years (fifth and sixth years in a 6-year MD programme) also called as clerkship years, will be invited into this study to assess for burnout syndrome using a validated tool via Mind GardenTM using Malasch Inventory for Burnout Syndrome and also to identify any other factors which may be contributing to stress/burnout.
Other: No intervention but assessing for burnout syndrome in all group
Using Maslach Burnout inventory to assess the presence of burnout and a self reporting questionnaire to identify possible stressors or associations

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Assess the frequency of burnout syndrome in clerkship medical students (5th and 6th year of MD program) collected over 3 months period.
Time Frame: cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months
The purpose of this study is to estimate the frequency of burnout syndrome in medical students in the clinical years (fifth and sixth years in a 6-year MD programme) in College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University via validated tool from Mind Garden, Malasch Inventory for Burnout Syndrome, assessing all three subscales of burnout i.e Emotional Exhaustion (with cutoff score for high burnout >26; range 0-54 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome), Depersonalization (with cutoff score for high burnout >12; range 0-30 with higher scores meaning a worse outcome), and lack of personal accomplishment (with cutoff score for high burnout < 32; range 0-48 with higher scores meaning a better outcome)
cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months
Assess factors associated with presence of burnout syndrome in clerkship medical students (5th and 6th year of MD program) collected over 3 months period.
Time Frame: cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months
To identify factors associated with presence of burnout in medical students in the clinical years (fifth and sixth years in a 6-year MD programme) in College of Medicine and Health Sciences in United Arab Emirates University
cross-sectional with data collected over 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

United Arab Emirates University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Adnan Agha, United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine & Health Sciences

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 28, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

April 1, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 28, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

August 2, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 11, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 10, 2024

Last Verified

January 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • UAEU_CMHS_IM_ERSC_2022_846

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

IPD Plan Description

Plan to share data with similar population for analysis in future

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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