Prevalence and factors associated with academic burnout risk among nursing and midwifery students during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional study

AIM: The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of academic burnout (AB) and its associated factors among nursing and midwifery students during the COVID‐19 pandemic. DESIGN: A correlational cross‐sectional study. METHODS: An online survey was distributed from November to December 2020 to nursing and midwifery students in Belgium. The risk of AB was assessed using the MBI‐SS Academic Burnout Inventory scale. Factors associated with AB were related to the personal life and level of education of the student and to the COVID‐19 pandemic. RESULTS: The prevalence of overall AB risk was 50.0% (95% CI 48.5–53.1). Factors significantly associated with higher risk of AB were having a child, having a job, the level of academic training, working overtime, insufficient personal protective equipment against viral contamination during the last internship, work overload due to the pandemic, personal proven or possible SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and having a relative who died related to COVID‐19.