Investigating the prevalence of burnout and its causes among medical interns of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2021

the purpose of this study is to investigate the prevalence of burnout among medical interns of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 1400.

In this descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study, all interns of Iran University of Medical Sciences in 1400 were investigated. Demographic information such as age, gender, marital status was asked and recorded. Then the name of the hospital, the number of working hours per week and the number of months since the beginning of the internship were asked. Next, the consumption of cigarettes and narcotics and the duration of consumption or the previous history of consumption were checked. Then, a questionnaire was presented in the field of factors affecting job burnout (MBI-HSS). This scale has 22 items and measures three areas of burnout (emotional burnout, depersonalization, and lack of Personal success).

In this study, 262 interns were examined, of which 144 people (55%) had emotional burnout, 65 people (24.8%) had depersonalization, and 160 people (61.1%) had no personal success. The mean burnout score was 62.96 ± 17.04 and 241 people (92%) had burnout in general. Women had more job burnout than men, but there was no significant relationship between job burnout and gender (p value>0.05). Also, severe burnout was more in singles, but burnout was not related to marital status (p value>0.05). There was no significant relationship between smoking and drug use and job burnout (p value>0.05), but this relationship was significant with alcohol use (p value=0.01).

the results of our study showed that burnout is a very common problem among interns. Risk factors such as being single, working long hours per week, drinking alcohol and to some extent smoking make this worse. In addition, job burnout has led to the neglect of personal life and success in it.