The prevalence and associated factors of burnout among undergraduates in a university

作者：You Li, Liang Cao, Jianyuan Liu, Tai Zhang, Yixing Yang, Wuxiang Shi, Yingjue Wei · 发表于：Medicine · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1097/md.0000000000026589 · 被引用次数：19 · 研究领域：Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、Stress and Burnout Research、Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

ABSTRACT: The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and possible factors associated with burnout (BO) among undergraduates in a university setting in Dali.This cross-sectional study involved students enrolled in different specialties. The method of stratified random sampling was used to conduct the investigation. The questionnaire included Maslach Burnout Inventory and the influencing factors. The data were analyzed using SPSS 16.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). The quantitative data were compared using t tests or ANOVA. Multiple linear regression was used to assess the relationship between BO risk and relevant influencing factors.The prevalence of study BO was 38.1%. Significant differences of the mean scores on BO and low personal efficacy were observed between men and women, with women obtaining a higher score (t = -2.588, P = .010; t = -2.929, P = .003; respectively). The scores of overall BO, emotional exhaustion (EE), and cynicism were low, whereas that of professional efficacy was higher for students with excellent marks (P = .000). Students majoring in liberal arts obtained low scores of overall BO, EE, and cynicism. Nevertheless, their score for professional efficacy was higher than those from other specializations (P < .05). Total BO, as the dependent variable, revealed that 3 predictors (social factors, school factors, and interpersonal communication) accounted for 30.8% of the variance (R2 = 0.308). A regression analysis of EE as the dependent variable identified that...