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Prevalence of burnout in medical students in China: A meta-analysis of observational studies.
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- Prevalence and determinants of academic burnout among undergraduates in a traditional Chinese medicine university: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Emotion regulation as a mediator between stress and burnout in dental postgraduate students: a South China cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Differential directional effects between insomnia symptoms and suicidal ideation across trait depression levels: a cross-lagged network analysis among Chinese medical undergraduates.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Academic burnout and its association with psychological factors among medical students in Guangxi, China.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Academic burnout syndrome among medical students in Serbia: prevalence of high risk and determinants.BMC medical education · 2024Observational
- Mental health and burnout during medical school: Longitudinal evolution and covariates.PloS one · 2024Article
- High risk of burnout syndrome and associated factors in medical students: A cross-sectional analytical study.PloS one · 2024Article
- The relationship between the burnout syndrome and academic success of medical students: a cross-sectional study.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2023Article
- Prevalence of burnout and its associated factors among medical students during COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Empathy alleviates the learning burnout of medical college students through enhancing resilience.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Gender Differences in Job Burnout, Career Choice Regret, and Depressive Symptoms Among Chinese Dental Postgraduates: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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abstractThis meta-analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence of burnout among medical students in China.A systematic search from the following electronic databases: China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wangfang database, VIP database, Chinese biomedical literature database, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar was independently conducted by 2 reviewers from inception to September 2019. The data were analyzed using stata software Version 11. Heterogeneity was assessed using I2 tests, and publication bias was evaluated using funnel plots and Egger's test. The source of heterogeneity among subgroups was determined by subgroup analysis of different parameters.A total of 48 articles with a sample size of 29,020 met the inclusion criteria. The aggregate prevalence of learning burnout was 45.9% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 38.1%-53.8%). The prevalence rate of high emotional exhaustion was 37.5% (95% CI: 21.4%-53.7%). The percentage was 44.0% (95% CI: 29.2%-58.8%) for low personal accomplishment. The prevalence rate was 36.0% (95% CI: 23.0%-48.9%) in depersonalization dimension. In the subgroup analysis by specialty, the prevalence of burnout was 30.3% (95% CI: 28.6%-32.0%) for clinical medicine and 43.8% (95% CI: 41.8%-45.8%) for other medical specialties. The total prevalence of burnout between men and women was 46.4% (95% CI: 44.8%-47.9%) and 46.6% (95% CI: 45.5%-47.6%), respectively. The prevalence of burnout with Rong Lian's scale was 43.7% (42.1%-45.2%), and that with the other scales was 51.4% (50.4%-52.4%). The prevalence rates were 62.9% (61.3%-64.6%), 58.7% (56.3%-61.1%), 46.5% (42.9%-50.2%), and 56.0% (51.6%-60.4%) from Grades 1 to 4, respectively. There was a statistically significant difference among the different grades (P = .000).Our findings suggest a high prevalence of burnout among medical students. Society, universities, and families should take appropriate measures and allot more care to prevent burnout among medical students.
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