BURN OUT AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS AT HITEC-IMS TAXILA
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Burnout, emotional intelligence, stress, medical students, medical education
Abstract
Introduction Burnout(BO) commonly threatens the mental health of medical students and Emotional Intelligence (EI) enhances an individual’s capacity to navigate through environmental challenges, particularly burnout. This study is aimed to explore the relationship between burnout and emotional intelligence among medical students.
Methodology. From Dec- July 2023 a cross sectional study was conducted at HITEC-IMS. The sample size calculated by the Rao Soft calculator was 218. Data was collected from 223 medical students selected by random sampling. Diagnosed cases of any psychiatric illness and recently migrated students were excluded from the study. Validated questionnaires (BEIS10 and CBI) were administered to measure emotional intelligence and burnout respectively. Data was analyzed by SPSS version 23.
Results Out of 223 students 113(50.7%) were male and 167(74.9%) were hostellite. The mean age was 21.37+ 1.806. The mean Emotional intelligence score was 3.58+0.705, which was in the high category (>3). Mean Burnout score was 51.71 + 12. Good Emotional intelligence was observed among 196(87.9%) medical students. Moderate to high Burnout was found in 123(55%). Female students were significantly more emotionally intelligent than males (p=0.03) and BO was more among females as well (p=.01). Emotional intelligence decreased with the increase in study year but the BO increased vice versa (p=0.00 &0.04). Analysis revealed that EI had significant and negative impact on BO. (r =-0.27, p-value =0.00).
Conclusion The study highlights significance of EI among medical students and its negative association to burnout. Upgradation of Program to improve EI of the students will help them to withstand workload and stress. Provision of favorable environment can help in reduction of burn out.
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Dr. Anwar Bibi
Associate Professor Community Medicine HITEC-IMS Taxila
Dr. Nadia Nisar
Associate Professor Community Medicine, Nust School of Health Sciences, Islamabad
Dr. Sidra Farooq
Assistant Professor Community Medicine HITEC-IMS.Taxila
Eesha Yousaf
MBBS student at HITEC-IMS Taxila
Hamda Rehman
MBBS student at HITEC-IMS Taxila
Dr. Mahnoor Fatima Tahir
MBBS student at HITEC-IMS Taxila