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. 2016 Jun 11:9:28-32.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2016.05.012. eCollection 2016 Aug.

Burnout among surgical residents in a lower-middle income country - Are we any different?

Awais Amjad Malik  1 , Samiullah Bhatti  1 , Abubakar Shafiq  1 , Romaisa Shamim Khan  1 , Usman Ismat Butt  1 , Syed Muhammad Bilal  1 , Huma Sabir Khan  1 , Muhammad Kashif Malik  1 , Mahmood Ayyaz  1
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Burnout among surgical residents in a lower-middle income country - Are we any different?

Awais Amjad Malik et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Objective: To assess the presence of burnout among surgical residents working at various public sector hospitals in Pakistan.

Design: A survey based on MBI was used to assess the presence of burnout. Residents were grouped into Group A (Burn out) or Group B (No burn out). Pearson Test was used to see any correlation between different variables and burn out. A p value of <0.05 was taken as significant.

Setting/participants: A cross sectional survey of all the surgical residents at various public sector hospitals in Lahore was done.

Results: A total of 133 residents responded to our questionnaire. 74% respondents were male and 26% were female. All residents showed a very high level of burnout. 50.4% residents had high levels of burn out on the EE category, 49.6% in the DP category and 53.4% residents had low levels on the PA scale. When assessed for overall burn out 57.9% residents had overall burnout. Males were more prone to develop burnout. Job dissatisfaction was the most prevalent reason for burn out. Owning a smartphone was significantly associated with development of burnout. Awareness regarding the burnout syndrome and having children were two factors which had a protective effect against burnout syndrome. Marriage, working hours, financial conditions, smoking and consumption of coffee/tea had no effect on development of burnout syndrome.

Conclusion: There is high prevalence of burnout among the surgical residents in our hospitals. Unsatisfactory training is the number one reason for development of this syndrome.

Keywords: Burnout; Lower middle income; MBI; Mobile phone; Pakistan; Stress; Surgical residency; Training; Work hours.

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