Burnout among gynaecological residents in lahore,Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey

Objective: to determine the prevalence of burnout among gynaecological residents and factors associated with it. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted at king edward medical university,lahore,pakistan over a period of one month in june,2016. residents of gynaecology and obstetrics from 7 teaching hospitals of lahore were included in the study. along with demographic details,information regarding social life and job satisfaction was acquired. for burnout,maslach burnout inventory-human services survey was used which is a 22-question scale. data was analysed using spss 20. results: of the 102 participants,57(55.9%) were satisfied after choosing gynaecology as career. it was found that emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation were significantly higher among residents working in government institutions than private institutions (p<0.05). those having more than 2 years of post-graduate experience had significantly higher depersonalisation than those with lesser experience (p=0.016). also,working for 50-60 hours/week and feeling dissatisfied with the specialty were associated with significantly higher emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation (p<0.05). conclusion: burnout was highly prevalent among gynaecological residents. © 2017,pakistan medical association. all rights reserved.