High prevalence of burnout among medical students in Hungary: Engagement and positive parental attitudes as potential protective factors

Ádám, Szilvia; Hazag, Anikó

doi:10.1556/mental.14.2013.1.1

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“…No wonder medical students compared to the general population demonstrate an increased prevalence of poor mental health with high rates of stress, anxiety, distress, depression, burnout, and suicidal thoughts (Dyrbye et al, 2006;Dyrbye et al, 2009;Győrffy et al, 2013;Grant et al, 2015;Rotenstein et al, 2016;Heinen et al, 2017;Moutinho et al, 2017;Torales et al, 2019;Wilkes et al, 2019;Aziz et al, 2020;Jordan et al, 2020;Kaewpila et al, 2020;Rajapuram et al, 2020;Cho and Lee, 2021;Tlili et al, 2021;Whistle, 2021;Langness et al, 2022). According to the national and international literature, the prevalence of burnout syndrome can be as high as 50% among medical students (Dyrbye et al, 2006;Ádám and Hazag, 2013;IsHak et al, 2013;Ádám et al, 2014;Dyrbye and Shanafelt, 2016;Tlili et al, 2021). The learning environment characteristics influence student burnout greatly (Dyrbye et al, 2009), for example, academic workload, time constraints, examination burden, and participation in dissection practices (Sándor et al, 2015).…”

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A qualitative study of mentors’ perceptions and experiences of a near-peer mentoring program for medical students

Pölczman,

Jámbor,

Győrffy

et al. 2024

Front. Educ.

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IntroductionDuring their academic studies, medical students may encounter a variety of challenging situations. It is no wonder that they have a higher prevalence of poor mental health than the general population. Mentoring programs have proven useful in promoting mental health in medical education. The study aimed to explore the perceptions and experiences of medical students as mentors in a near-peer mentoring program.MethodsA qualitative study was carried out between March and April 2022 at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. Five focus group discussions (FGDs) included 26 medical students who were enrolled as mentors in the mentoring program. The recordings were transcribed verbatim and anonymized. An deductive and semantic approach was adopted, and the data were analyzed with thematic analysis.ResultsThree major themes were identified: professional and personal growth and reflections on the mentoring experience. Mentors reported growth in social and practical problem-solving skills, self-confidence, psychosocial benefits, and both personal and professional development. The program had a great impact on students’ sense of self-efficacy, self-awareness, perception of their competencies, and adherence to their boundaries.DiscussionIn conclusion, the mentors strongly emphasized the professional and psychosocial benefits they perceived while participating in the mentoring program. Therefore, the experiences obtained during the mentoring are important milestones. Mentoring programs could greatly improve students both personally and professionally so that later, they will be the best possible professionals in the field of health care.

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A qualitative study of mentors’ perceptions and experiences of a near-peer mentoring program for medical students

Pölczman,

Jámbor,

Győrffy

et al. 2024

Front. Educ.

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Student Burnout in Higher Education: A Demand-Resource Model Approach

Jagodics

Szabó

2022

Trends in Psychol.

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Student burnout is a serious problem in higher education. It is associated with harmful consequences, such as decreased engagement, performance, and motivation, which can lead to dropout. The job demand-resource model of burnout is a comprehensive framework to grasp the factors related to the emergence of burnout. Although numerous studies claim its suitability in explaining burnout in work environments, its applicability in the educational context is less explored. The study aimed to analyze the structure and reliability of the newly developed University Demand-Resource Questionnaire (UDRQ) and to explore the links between its subscales and symptoms of student burnout. Using the online survey method, 743 Hungarian undergraduate students participated in the data collection. The student version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory was used in addition to the UDRQ. In the data analysis procedure, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation modeling were utilized. The confirmatory factor analysis identified a five-factor structure related to both demands and resources. Correlation analysis revealed burnout to be associated positively to the subscales of demands and negatively to resources. Structural equation modeling analysis indicated that all five demands and two resources subscales can be used to build a model that predicts a significant proportion of the variance of student burnout scores. The findings suggest the demand-resource theory is an appropriate framework to predict burnout in higher education. The newly developed UDRQ has stable structure and good reliability and can be a useful tool in subsequent research related to student burnout.

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Reduced burnout in medical and health science students during the pandemic COVID-19 - a follow-up study of a single institution in Hungary

Sipos,

Biro,

Busa

et al. 2023

BMC Med Educ

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Background The coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted lives worldwide, especially of medical and health science students. In Hungary, education has been relegated to the online space, with a substantial proportion of students having to attend medical secondments. Increased stress, uncertainty, and the presence of medical secondments can have an impact on students’ premature burnout. Methods In 2021, we conducted a follow-up survey among students of the University of Pécs studying medicine and health sciences in two data collection periods (from March to May and September to November). Our online questionnaire consisted of the Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey for Students and our self-designed questionnaire. We used descriptive and paired two-sample t-tests for data analysis at a 95% confidence interval (p ≤ 0.05). Results We excluded from our survey respondents whose data we could not follow-up; finally, 183 students’ responses were analyzed. The majority of students were female (n = 148; 80.9%). Overall, there was a significant decrease in both exhaustion (EX) and cynicism (CY) scores (p = 0.001; p = 0.004). Female respondents had higher EX scores, but a significant decrease was observed for both genders (p ≤ 0.05). Excluding paramedic students, a significant decrease in EX scores was observed for the specialties we studied (p ≤ 0.05). General medicine students’ CY scores decreased; physiotherapy students’ profesisonal efficacy (PE) scores increased significantly (p ≤ 0.05). Students who were on medical secondments (n = 127; 69. 4%) were found to be more affected by burnout, but in all cases, these scores significantly improved (p ≤ 0.05). Students serving in the National Ambulance Service (n = 76; 41.5%), Hospitals (n = 44; 24.0%), or both (n = 7; 3.8%) had a significant decrease in their burnout score (p ≤ 0.05). Students who served in either a hospital or a hospital and National Ambulance Service had significantly improved CY and PE scores (p ≤ 0.05). Students concerned about their health had elevated EX and CY scores, which also improved (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusions In conclusion, medical secondments positively affected student burnout scores for medicine and health sciences students at our institution. This fact implies that it is necessary to have more internships in real-life settings during the training. Trial registration Our survey has been approved by the Medical Research Council (Case No IV/4573-1/2021/ECU).

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High prevalence of burnout among medical students in Hungary: Engagement and positive parental attitudes as potential protective factors

Cited by 6 publications

References 65 publications

A qualitative study of mentors’ perceptions and experiences of a near-peer mentoring program for medical students

A qualitative study of mentors’ perceptions and experiences of a near-peer mentoring program for medical students

Student Burnout in Higher Education: A Demand-Resource Model Approach

Reduced burnout in medical and health science students during the pandemic COVID-19 - a follow-up study of a single institution in Hungary

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