Background:
Medical colleges are known to be a stressful environment that, if left unchecked, could result in burnout and stress, which might last throughout the training and beyond. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk of burnout among students in medicine, dentistry, and nursing colleges in Saudi Arabia.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study using an online self-administered questionnaire was sent to all (n = 1000) students in the medical, nursing, and dentistry colleges of Vision College in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Burnout was assessed using the previously validated Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey (MBI-SS).
Results:
The study sample included 718 students, resulting in a 71.8% response rate. Females represented 57.2% of the study sample, and the average age was 23.1 ± 2.57 years. Emotional exhaustion (EE), cynicism (CY) and reduced personal efficacy (PE) was found in 62.5%, 72.8% and 65% of the participants, respectively. Overall, burnout was present in more than half of the participants (57.2%). The risk of EE, PE and CY was significantly higher in nursing, medicine, and dentistry students, respectively. Exercise frequency showed a statistically significant positive association with decreased risk of EE/CY/ and PE. GPA was the strongest predictor of EE and reduced PE.
Conclusions:
This study showed high burnout rates among students. Low GPA students in this study showed a higher overall burnout. Exercise frequency and sleeping showed a statistically significant positive association with a decreased risk of burnout.
Dupuytren’s disease of the foot is not an uncommon disease that affects the plantar aponeurosis. It is a different clinical entity from Dupuytren’s contracture of hands. It presents clinically with slowly growing painless hard nodules on the medial aspects on the feet. Though the pathophysiological mechanisms remain elusive, hyperproliferation of fibroblasts and excessive synthesis of collagen fibers type III are proposed to be the main pathogenetic processes resulting in nodule development and growing. The most widely accepted theory for disease development is the combination of genetic predisposition and environmental risk factors such as smoking chronic alcohol consumption, diabetes mellitus, and other forms of superficial or dee fibromatosis. This article will discuss the dupuytren’s disease of the foot as regards the epidemiology, the pathophysiology, the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and lines of treatment. It will provide a special focus on the mechanisms of affection of plantar aponeurosis.
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