Introduction:

Burnout syndrome (BS) is composed of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and low self-fulfilment. It is common but often overlooked. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health due to pre-emptive isolation and may have impacted or modified additional factors that could affect its prevalence.

Objective: Methodology:

Observational study, among 416 medical students, sociodemographic, academic, personal and COVID-19-related data, Maslach Burnout Inventory-Student Survey was used to determine SB in a cohort during the pandemic and 6 months after the end of isolation, logistic regression was performed for each subscale and for two-dimensional SB diagnosis and variables with significant association and estimated their odds ratios (OR).

Results:

The prevalence of SB was 48.08%, aged 18-24 years, from VI and IX semester and the majority were female. Pandemic by COVID 19 did not appear significantly in overall SB diagnosis although between pandemic and post-pandemic periods there was a 9.13% decrease (82.12% vs 72.99, p= 0.029) in the emotional exhaustion subscale and there was 12.07% increase (55.86% vs 67.93%) in low personal efficiency perceived by students (p= 0.033).

Conclusion:

BS is prevalent in medical students and is associated with clinical internship semesters, alcohol and tobacco use.