Burnout Among Saudi Radiological Sciences Undergraduate Students During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study. 2022

Khalid M Alshamrani, and Abdulkader A Alkenawi, and Reham Kaifi, and Shaza Alsharif, and Abdulaziz S Merdah, and Wael E Munshi, and Ahmed K Alattas, and Majid Althaqafy, and Abdulaziz A Qurashi, and Walaa M Alsharif, and Ali S Alshareef
College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed unprecedented new stressors and challenges to the applied health sciences' education. This study explored the prevalence of burnout among Saudi radiological sciences students at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study was conducted between November and December 2020 among 176-Saudi radiological sciences students, using the 16-item questionnaire of Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey for Students and through non-probability convenient sampling technique. The 16 items of the questionnaire were scored on a 7-point frequency rating scale ranging from 0 (never) to 6 (every day) and consisted of three distinct burnout dimensions/subscales: a) emotional exhaustion (5-items), cynicism (5-items), and professional efficacy (6-items). The means of individual items that make up each scale of burnout were calculated, and statistical analysis was performed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. From the 176-radiological sciences students approached, 96 (54.5%) completed the questionnaire. The percentage of students who were at moderate to high risk of burnout was 70.8% for emotional exhaustion, 75% for cynicism, and 74% for professional efficacy subscales. Emotional exhaustion was significantly higher among fourth-year students (P = 0.042), than third-year students. Cynicism was significantly higher among fourth-year female students (P = 0.035), than third-year female students. The professional efficacy was significantly lower among fourth-year female students (P = 0.007) than males. Our study shows 73.3% moderate to high burnout rates among Saudi radiological sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Burnout increases as students advance to the fourth year. A block/modular curriculum structure for fourth-year courses may be necessary to reduce burnout among fourth-year students. Academic counseling can ease students' emotional stress and reduce burnout risk.

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