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Burnout increased among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Burnout among dental students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Academic Self-Efficacy and Academic Burnout Among College Students: The Chain-Mediating Roles of Self-Control and Learning Engagement.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Promoting Psychological Resilience Against Academic Burnout: A JD-R Framework Analysis of Self-Compassion as a Mental Health Resource for Diverse Student Populations.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) in Serbian.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Predictor and subgroup analysis of somatic symptoms and emotional exhaustion among university students in Germany during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Burned aggression: the relationship between burnout and aggressive behaviour among young adults in Czechia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Burnout Across Healthcare, Educational, and Professional Populations: A Comprehensive Scoping Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
- The effect of physical exercise on negative emotions in college students-chain mediating role of flourishing and rumination.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Psychometric Properties of the COVID-19 Stress Scale in College Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Stress, Burnout and Study-Related Behavior in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Cohort Analysis Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- How Chinese College Students Coped with COVID-19 Burnout: A Cross-Sectional Study of the Mediating Effect of Family Support and Interaction Quality.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Burnout Risk Profiles in Psychology Students: An Exploratory Study with Machine Learning.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Association of chronic stress during studies with depressive symptoms 10 years later.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- University student wellbeing during COVID-19: associations with infection prevalence and social gathering restrictions in an observational study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of a yoga-based intervention on academic burnout syndrome in medical students: A pilot study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
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- How does emotional exhaustion among Chinese college students affect mental health? A mixed-methods study in Zhejiang, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Generally, university students are at risk of burnout. This likely was exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to investigate burnout prevalence among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine its distribution across countries, sexes, fields of study, and time-period. PubMed, EMBASE, PsycINFO, World Health Organization's Global COVID-19 database, Scopus, Epistemonikos, ERIC and Google Scholar were searched (protocol: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/BYRXW ). Studies were independently screened and extracted. Random-effects meta-analysis was performed. Study quality was appraised, and certainty of evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach. We identified 44 primary studies comprising 26,500 students. Global prevalence rates were 56.3% for high emotional exhaustion (EE), 55.3% for high cynicism (CY) and 41.8% for low personal accomplishment (PA). Prevalence of EE, CY, and PA domains varied significantly across fields of study, countries and WHO and World Bank regions, but not sex. All studies demonstrated good internal validity, although substantial heterogeneity existed between studies. The certainty of evidence was rated as moderate. Considering its potentially severe consequences, burnout is a significant public health concern. The development and implementation of evidence-based localized interventions at organizational and individual levels are necessary to mitigate burnout.
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