Impact of COVID-19 on Academic Burnout among Medical College Students in China: Findings from a Web-Based Survey

31 January 2024 : Clinical Research

Ming Zhang^12ABCDEFG, Wei Xu^2ABCDFG, Haoran Zhou^3ABD, Junjun Fan^4ABCFG, Huan Liu

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DOI: 10.12659/MSM.942317

Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e942317

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Table 1 The socio-demographic characteristics of the medical college students (N=3190).

Variables	Academic burnout			c2	P
	No (%)	Yes (%)	Total (%)
	1669 (52.3)	1521 (47.7)	3190 (100.0)
Gender				17.613	< 0.001
Male	571 (47.5)	630 (52.5)	1201 (37.6)
Female	1098 (55.2)	891 (44.8)	1989 (62.4)
Place of residence				3.945	0.139
Rural	792 (50.6)	773 (49.4)	1565 (49.1)
Town	540 (53.4)	471 (46.6)	1011 (31.7)
City	337 (54.9)	277 (45.1)	614 (19.2)
Grade				9.627	0.022
Freshman	664 (49.5)	678 (50.5)	1342 (42.1)
Sophomore	395 (52.7)	354 (47.3)	749 (23.5)
Junior	468 (56.2)	364 (43.8)	832 (26.1)
Senior	142 (53.2)	125 (46.8)	267 (8.4)
The only child				0.598	0.439
No	1132 (51.9)	1051 (48.1)	2183 (68.4)
Yes	537 (53.3)	470 (46.7)	1007 (31.6)
Student leader				18.536	< 0.001
No	1083 (49.7)	1095 (50.3)	2178 (68.3)
Yes	586 (57.9)	426 (42.1)	1012 (31.7)
Adapting to Online Classes				76.56	< 0.001
Not adapt	135 (39.4)	208 (60.6)	343 (10.8)
General	573 (46.3)	665 (53.7)	1238 (38.8)
Adapt	961 (59.7)	648 (40.3)	1609 (50.4)
Smartphone addiction				250.087	< 0.001
No	869 (69.8)	376 (30.2)	1245 (39.0)
Yes	800 (41.1)	1145 (58.9)	1945 (61.0)
Resilience				81.548	< 0.001
Low	1168 (47.9)	1271 (52.1)	2439 (76.5)
High	501 (66.7)	250 (33.3)	751 (23.5)
Perceived stress				431.853	< 0.001
Low	1037 (72.8)	388 (27.2)	1425 (44.7)
High	632 (35.8)	1133 (64.2)	1765 (55.3)

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