Experiences of academic and professional burn-out in medical students and residents during first COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium: a mixed-method survey

Table 1 Academic and professional burnout levels in medical students and residents (n = 194)

		Academic burnout MBI-SS	Professional burnout MBI-HSS
Emotional exhaustion (EE)
M ± SD		19.15 ± 4.62	25.96 ± 11.35
	Low	9.8%	27.3%
	Moderate	67.0%	28.9%
	High	23.2%	43.8%
Depersonalisation (DP) / Cynicism (CY)
M ± SD		11.48 ± 4.54	9.87 ± 6.53
	Low	43.8%	28.9%
	Moderate	45.4%	24.2%
	High	10.8%	46.9%
Personal Accomplishment (PA)
M ± SD (personal accomplishment)		22.12 ± 4.15	34.99 ± 7.39
Academic PA / Lack of professional PA	Low	8.2%	33.5%
	Moderate	73.2%	29.9%
	High	18.6%	36.6%

Legend: Important to note is that in academic burnout, the category ‘high’ for PA is interpreted in a positive manner, reflecting a higher sense of personal accomplishment, whereas for professional burnout, the category ‘high’ on PA reflects high risk for burnout and should be interpreted negatively, as a high reduction in perceived personal accomplishment, in line with the norm scores that are used for each specific scale.

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