فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Academic burnout is a worldwide problem that troubles students at all academiclevels. Despite the significant effects of this problem on students’ mental health and academicachievements, yet, it has not been adequately studied in Iranian system of academic education.Therefore, we aimed to explore the incidence of academic burnout status and its associated factorsamong the students at Guilan University of Medical Sciences.SUBJECTS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study was conducted over a number of303 students at Guilan University of Medical Sciences during 2016. Study samples were selectedthrough the stratified random sampling method, and a set of data including sociodemographicinformation, educational status, study habits, and burnout inventory status was collected for eachsample. Items of burnout inventory status were based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Data wereanalyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics including t‑test and linear regression.RESULTS: The students in our study reported a mean of 2.53 ± 0.7 for academic burnout score.Along with related factors of academic burnout, marital status (P = 0.029), grade point average(P = 0.002), being interested in field of study (P = 0.000), and study time (P = 0.000) were significantlyassociated with academic burnout of students. Furthermore, the incidence of academic burnout didnot differ between male and female students.CONCLUSIONS: Regarding the considerable prevalence of academic burnout among students ofmedical sciences, it is needed that policymakers implement more effective educational programsconsidering the associated factors of academic burnout.