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https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2025-76-3986
Factors associated with burnout among the Belgrade University medical students
Jovana Todorović
; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
Kontstantinos Stratakis
; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
Dejan Nešić
; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Physiology, Belgrade, Serbia
Ratko Tomašević
; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia, Zemun Clinical Hospital Centre, Zemun, Serbia
Zorica Terzić-Šupić
; University of Belgrade Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
Sažetak
Although the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases defines burnout as an occupational syndrome, research has investigated it extensively in medical students. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence of burnout among fifth-year medical students in Serbia along with the social, lifestyle, and health status characteristics associated with it. The study included 431 Belgrade University students attending classes in social medicine and took place in the last week of November 2024. According to the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), the mean score was 43.67±15.81 and overall burnout prevalence 35.3 %. The prevalence of personal burnout was 35 %, of study-related burnout 36.9 %, and of faculty-related burnout 29 %. The multivariate logistic regression analysis of overall burnout showed positive association with the grade point average (OR: 4.02; 95 % CI: 2.12–7.64) and Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale score (OR: 1.14; 95 % CI: 1.06–1.22) and a negative association with the study engagement score (OR: 0.86; 95 % CI: 0.81–0.92). Our findings identify variables that need addressing to lower burnout prevalence among students. One is anxiety, which was significantly associated with burnout, and the other is study engagement, which was inversely associated with burnout. We believe that medical schools should provide mental health support programmes to address these and other potential issues.
Ključne riječi
anxiety; Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; grade point average; Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale
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342214
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Datum izdavanja:
23.12.2025.
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