Prevalence and Determinants of Burnout Among Anesthesia Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Because of the ongoing care of severe cases and the dynamic nature of the operating room setting, anesthesiology is the most stressful medical specialty. Burnout, a condition that poses a serious risk to patient safety and the general standard of healthcare delivery, is frequently caused by prolonged exposure to certain professional pressures. Objectives: This study aims to determine how common burnouts are among anesthesia residents. Methods: Anesthesia residents from all Royal Medical Services (RMS) hospitals participated in a descriptive cross-sectional study, After Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, data collection took place over the course of a month, The validated Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout aspects, and a private, self-administered internet questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic and occupational information. Results: Most participants (70.4%) were men, with an average age of 30.2 ± 2.9 years, 77.4% scoring ≥50 and 15.1% scoring ≥75, burnout was prevalent, the highest domain was personal burnout (67.4 ± 18.0), which was followed by work-related burnout (62.0 ± 15.8) and patient-related burnout (51.8 ± 18.3). Conclusion: Burnout was prevalent and clinically significant among anesthesia residents, these results support the need for program-level interventions to strengthen supervision, and improve residents' well-being, Personal burnout were the main affected domains, while patient-related burnout was lower.