Alqahtani Naif H, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz A, Hendi Obadah M, Mahfouz Mohammad Eid M
College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Orthopaedics, King Faisal Medical Complex in Taif, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Prev Med. 2020 Mar 16;11:38. doi: 10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_295_19. eCollection 2020.
Burnout is a chronic stress-related syndrome with the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are defined as a musculoskeletal strain reported by an individual. Burnout is prevalent among Saudi medical students. Many studies have found that burnout is associated with a higher prevalence of MSDs. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study that has assessed the prevalence of burnout among students of health care colleges in Saudi Arabia and its correlation to MSDs and compared the results of each health care college to the other. Hence, this is the aim of this study.
A cross-sectional study of 392 students of health care colleges in Taif University was carried out from April 2019 to May 2019, using a predesigned questionnaire, including sociodemographic characteristics, the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) Questionnaire to assess the degree of burnout, and Standardized Nordic Questionnaires for the analysis of musculoskeletal symptoms.
48.7% of the students of health care colleges had burnout and 64.8% of them had MSDs. We did not detect a statistically significant association between burnout prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics. There was a significant association between burnout and the MSDs, as 34.2% of the students with a high degree of burnout had MSDs.
Burnout, as well as MSDs, are prevalent among students of health care colleges. Burnout seems to be a risk factor for MSDs. Social media campaigns and awareness campaigns about burnout should be promoted.
职业倦怠是一种与慢性压力相关的综合征，具有疲惫、玩世不恭和无效能感三个维度。肌肉骨骼疾病（MSDs）被定义为个体报告的肌肉骨骼劳损。职业倦怠在沙特医学生中很普遍。许多研究发现，职业倦怠与肌肉骨骼疾病的较高患病率相关。据我们所知，尚无研究评估沙特阿拉伯卫生保健学院学生中职业倦怠的患病率及其与肌肉骨骼疾病的相关性，也没有将各卫生保健学院的结果进行相互比较。因此，本研究旨在解决这一问题。
于2019年4月至2019年5月对泰夫大学卫生保健学院的392名学生进行了一项横断面研究，使用预先设计的问卷，包括社会人口学特征、哥本哈根职业倦怠量表（CBI）问卷以评估职业倦怠程度，以及用于分析肌肉骨骼症状的标准化北欧问卷。
卫生保健学院48.7%的学生存在职业倦怠，其中64.8%有肌肉骨骼疾病。我们未发现职业倦怠患病率与社会人口学特征之间存在统计学上的显著关联。职业倦怠与肌肉骨骼疾病之间存在显著关联，因为34.2%职业倦怠程度高的学生患有肌肉骨骼疾病。
职业倦怠以及肌肉骨骼疾病在卫生保健学院学生中很普遍。职业倦怠似乎是肌肉骨骼疾病的一个危险因素。应开展关于职业倦怠的社交媒体宣传活动和提高认识活动。
