Open AccessPrevalence of burnout and its correlates among residents in a tertiary medical center in Kerala, India
Author(s) -
Badr Ratnakaran,
Aslesh Ottapura Prabhakaran,
Vinodhini Karunakaran
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.184274
Subject(s) - burnout , medicine , cross sectional study , government (linguistics) , family medicine , specialty , depersonalization , stressor , emotional exhaustion , psychiatry , clinical psychology , philosophy , pathology , linguistics
Residents work in emotionally demanding environments with multiple stressors. The risk for burnout is high in them and it has significant negative consequences for their career. Burnout is also associated with consequences in terms of physical and mental health including insomnia, cardiovascular disease, depression and suicidal ideation. Thus, the study aimed to study the prevalence of burn out and its correlates among interns and residents at Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
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