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SynthesisPloS one2018

Burnout syndrome among medical residents: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hugo Rodrigues, Ricardo Cobucci, Antônio Oliveira, João Victor Cabral, Leany Medeiros, Karen Gurgel, Tházio Souza, Ana Katherine Gonçalves

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readMeta-AnalysisSystematic Review
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Synthesis in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 240 papers, 17 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04347811 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Systematic Trial Of PrevenTing Healthcare Employee Burnout: Using Reflection & Nourishment

TypeinterventionalSponsorTulane University School of MedicineRan2020 to 2022Enrolled340ConditionsBurnout, Burnout, Professional, Burnout, Psychological, AnxietyArmsDeath Cafe
NCT06525701 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Surgeon Core-strengthening Program as a Modifier for Exertion Associated With Vaginal Surgery: the SCORE Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorLoyola UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled18ConditionsMusculoskeletal Pain, Musculoskeletal InjuryArmsExecise Group, Control Group
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Who cites it

240 citing papers in PubMed, 17 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  20. Supporting Our Trainees: How Psychiatry Faculty Can Nurture Supervisees' Well-Being.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hugo RodriguesHealth Science Postgraduate Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Ricardo CobucciDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Potiguar University, Natal, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0184-2061
Antônio OliveiraDepartment of Pharmacy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
João Victor CabralMedical student, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Leany MedeirosMedical resident at Family Medicine Program, Hospital Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, Brazil.
Karen GurgelMedical resident at Obstetrics and Gynecology Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Tházio SouzaMedical resident at Obstetrics and Gynecology Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Ana Katherine GonçalvesHealth Science Postgraduate Program, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8351-5119

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBurnout is a psychological syndrome that is very common among medical residents. It consists of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and reduced personal accomplishment (PA).

objectiveTo estimate burnout among different medical residency specialties.

methodsA systematic review with meta-analysis was performed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A search of bibliographic databases and grey literature was conducted, from inception to March 2018. The following databases were accessed: Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar and Scopus, and 3,575 studies were found. Methodological quality was evaluated by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Methodology Checklist for Cross-Sectional/Prevalence Study. In the final analysis, 26 papers were included. Their references were checked for additional studies, but none were included.

results4,664 medical residents were included. High DP, EE and low PA proportions were compared. Specialties were distributed into three groups of different levels of burnout prevalence: general surgery, anesthesiology, obstetrics/gynecology and orthopedics (40.8%); internal medicine, plastic surgery and pediatrics (30.0%); and otolaryngology and neurology (15.4%). Overall burnout prevalence found for all specialties was 35.7%.

conclusionThe prevalence of burnout syndrome was significantly higher among surgical/urgency residencies than in clinical specialties. PROSPERO REGISTRATION: CRD42018090270.

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Burnout, PsychologicalDepersonalizationHumansInternal MedicineInternship and ResidencyPhysiciansPrevalenceSpecialties, Surgical

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PMID30418984
PMCPMC6231624

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