The prevalence of burnout among interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors

BACKGROUND: Burnout is a work-related physical and/or emotional exhaustion among individuals working in the human service sector. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of burnout among interns training in different hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation...

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Autores principales: Ali, Shatha, Marwa, Khaldoun, AlRasheedi, Malak, AlSuheel, Asma, Nabila, Mariam, Khan, Madiha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8502520/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-021-00138-0
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author Ali, Shatha
Marwa, Khaldoun
AlRasheedi, Malak
AlSuheel, Asma
Nabila, Mariam
Khan, Madiha
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Marwa, Khaldoun
AlRasheedi, Malak
AlSuheel, Asma
Nabila, Mariam
Khan, Madiha
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description BACKGROUND: Burnout is a work-related physical and/or emotional exhaustion among individuals working in the human service sector. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of burnout among interns training in different hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors. RESULTS: The study found a high burnout level in 135 (50%) of the interns with minimal overall engagement in unethical behaviors (5.9%). However, patient-related burnout was the only factor found with a highly significant association to engagement in unethical behaviors (P-value < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated a high prevalence of burnout among interns with a significant association between patient-related burnout and the engagement in unethical behaviors. That was a worrying sign that needs further evaluation in future research, including the other risk factors, to prevent/improve burnout and to limit the unprofessional behaviors.
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spelling pubmed-85025202021-10-12 The prevalence of burnout among interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors Ali, Shatha Marwa, Khaldoun AlRasheedi, Malak AlSuheel, Asma Nabila, Mariam Khan, Madiha Middle East Curr Psychiatry Research BACKGROUND: Burnout is a work-related physical and/or emotional exhaustion among individuals working in the human service sector. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to estimate the prevalence of burnout among interns training in different hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors. RESULTS: The study found a high burnout level in 135 (50%) of the interns with minimal overall engagement in unethical behaviors (5.9%). However, patient-related burnout was the only factor found with a highly significant association to engagement in unethical behaviors (P-value < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated a high prevalence of burnout among interns with a significant association between patient-related burnout and the engagement in unethical behaviors. That was a worrying sign that needs further evaluation in future research, including the other risk factors, to prevent/improve burnout and to limit the unprofessional behaviors. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-10-11 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8502520/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-021-00138-0 Text en © The Author(s). 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Marwa, Khaldoun
AlRasheedi, Malak
AlSuheel, Asma
Nabila, Mariam
Khan, Madiha
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title_full The prevalence of burnout among interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors
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title_full_unstemmed The prevalence of burnout among interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors
title_short The prevalence of burnout among interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors
title_sort prevalence of burnout among interns in riyadh, saudi arabia, and its relation to engaging in unethical behaviors
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8502520/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-021-00138-0
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