Burnout Syndrome amongst Medical Students in Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Determinants in Preclinical and Clinical Students

Table 1

Categorical variables showing the sociodemographic characteristics of 413 medical students in Cameroon assessed for burnout syndrome from January to March 2018.

Variable		Preclinical level		Clinical level		Total
		(n = 224)		(n = 183)
		n	%	n	%	N	%
Medical school (n = 413)	University of Bamenda	59	37.11	96	60.38	159	38.50
	University of Buea	86	50.00	85	49.42	172	41.65
	University of Douala	79	96.34	2	2.44	82	19.85
Gender (n = 412)	Male	81	43.32	104	55.61	187	45.39
	Female	143	63.56	79	35.11	225	54.61
Presently in a relationship (n = 411)	Yes	73	44.24	91	55.15	165	40.15
	No	150	60.98	92	37.40	246	59.85
Marital status (n = 406)	Single	216	54.82	173	43.91	394	97.04
	Married	3	25.00	9	75.00	12	2.96
Difficulties in personal (n = 367)	Yes	30	38.96	47	61.04	77	20.98
	No	168	57.93	117	40.34	290	79.02
Exams re-sited (n = 404)	Yes	102	43.40	131	55.74	235	58.17
	No	116	68.64	50	29.59	169	41.83
Courses repeated (n = 399)	Yes	78	48.15	81	50.00	162	40.60
	No	133	56.12	102	43.04	237	59.40
Satisfaction with results (n = 379)	Yes	47	46.08	53	51.96	102	26.91
	No	147	53.07	127	45.85	277	73.09
Regret choice of medical studies (n = 409)	Yes	6	17.65	27	79.41	34	8.31
	No	215	57.33	156	41.60	375	91.69
Occurrence of life changing crises in last six (n = 400)	Yes	68	43.04	88	55.70	158	60.50
	No	148	61.16	91	37.60	242	60.50
Presence of chronic (n = 411)	Yes	10	52.63	8	42.11	19	4.62
	No	214	54.59	174	44.39	392	95.38
Alcohol consumption (n = 410)	Yes	49	39.84	73	59.35	123	30.00
	No	173	60.28	110	38.33	287	70.00
Recreational drug (n = 408)	Yes	8	88.89	1	11.11	9	2.21
	No	213	53.38	181	45.36	399	97.79
Sufficient monthly income (n = 393)	Yes	101	63.92	56	35.44	158	40.20
	No	107	45.53	125	53.19	235	59.80

relationship was defined as close connections between two people formed by emotional and sexual interactions. changing crises defined as loss of a loved one, physical or sexual trauma, and condition of emotional or social instability. illnesses included asthma, chronic pelvic pain, diabetes mellitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic peptic ulcer disease, migraines, cerebral lesions, and paralysis; drugs included marijuana and tramadol.