PMID- 36293589
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221028
LR  - 20230119
IS  - 1660-4601 (Electronic)
IS  - 1661-7827 (Print)
IS  - 1660-4601 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 20
DP  - 2022 Oct 11
TI  - Prevalence of Anxiety and Burnout, and Coping Mechanisms among Clinical Year 
      Medical Undergraduate Students in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Amidst the 
      COVID-19 Pandemic.
LID - 10.3390/ijerph192013010 [doi]
LID - 13010
AB  - This study aimed to determine the prevalence of anxiety and burnout, and the 
      coping mechanisms among clinical year undergraduate medical students in 
      Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) during the coronavirus disease 2019 
      (COVID-19) pandemic. In total, 378 clinical year undergraduate medical students 
      in UKM participated in this cross-sectional study from May to July 2021. A 
      self-administered questionnaire consisting of questions on the participant's 
      sociodemographic data and items from the DASS-21, CBI, and Brief-COPE was 
      distributed. Chi-square and Spearman's correlation tests were used to calculate 
      the correlation coefficient between both anxiety and burnout, and coping 
      mechanisms. The prevalence of anxiety and burnout were 44.2% and 22.2%, 
      respectively. There was a significant difference in the percentage of students 
      with extremely severe anxiety in the presence and absence of burnout, 23.8% vs. 
      4.8% (p < 0.001). Among the three coping mechanisms, avoidant coping had a 
      significant positive moderate correlation with both the presence of anxiety (r = 
      0.3966, p < 0.001) and the presence of burnout (r = 0.341, p < 0.001). Meanwhile, 
      coping that was neither approach nor avoidant had a positive weak correlation 
      with the presence of burnout (r = 0.176, p = 0.001). The prevalence of anxiety 
      and burnout was concerning. Increased anxiety and burnout among students may 
      negatively impact aspects of their personal, professional, and academic lives. 
      Early recognition and preventive measures should be emphasised to prevent 
      negative ramifications.
FAU - Tee, Ke Ran
AU  - Tee KR
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 
      56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Ismail, Abdul Samat
AU  - Ismail AS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8057-5909
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 
      56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Ang, Yong Heng
AU  - Ang YH
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 
      56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Hishamuddin, Hidayah Husna
AU  - Hishamuddin HH
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 
      56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Paul, Vinneeshah Jacob
AU  - Paul VJ
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 
      56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Aizuddin, Azimatun Noor
AU  - Aizuddin AN
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8050-4150
AD  - Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 
      56000, Malaysia.
FAU - Zaini, Ida Zarina
AU  - Zaini IZ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0127-8453
AD  - Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan 
      Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur 
      56000, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20221011
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Int J Environ Res Public Health
JT  - International journal of environmental research and public health
JID - 101238455
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Students, Medical
MH  - *COVID-19/epidemiology
MH  - Pandemics
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Malaysia/epidemiology
MH  - Burnout, Psychological/epidemiology
MH  - *Burnout, Professional/epidemiology
MH  - Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Anxiety/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC9603345
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - anxiety
OT  - burnout
OT  - coping mechanism
OT  - coronavirus disease 2019
OT  - undergraduate medical students
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/10/28 06:00
MHDA- 2022/10/29 06:00
PMCR- 2022/10/11
CRDT- 2022/10/27 01:25
PHST- 2022/08/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/10/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/10/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/10/27 01:25 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/10/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/10/29 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/10/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ijerph192013010 [pii]
AID - ijerph-19-13010 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ijerph192013010 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 11;19(20):13010. doi: 
      10.3390/ijerph192013010.