Table 3. Association between burnout and burnout components with socio-demographic characteristics and the involvement in extracurricular activities (n=249)
Variable Count Low PE High EX High CY High Burnout
n % n % n % n %
Gender Male 168 105 62.5 96 57.1 108 64.3 116 69.0
Female 81 45 55.6 50 61.7 47 58.0 51 63.0
p-value   0.29 0.49 0.34 0.34
Age (years) 20-23 200 120 60.0 116 58.0 121 60.5 131 65.5
≥24 46 28 60.9 27 58.7 31 67.4 33 71.7
p-value   0.91 0.93 0.39 0.42
Grade point average (out of 5) <4.50 103 72 69.9 62 60.2 65 63.1 73 70.9
≥4.50 140 74 52.9 79 56.4 85 60.7 88 62.9
p-value   0.007* 0.56 0.70 0.19
Academic year 1st year 97 54 55.7 64 66.0 62 63.9 64 66.0
2nd year 58 35 60.3 32 55.2 40 69.0 40 69.0
3rd year 50 34 68.0 25 50.0 22 44.0 31 62.0
4th year 44 27 61.4 25 56.8 31 70.5 32 72.7
p-value   0.55 0.26 0.02* 0.71
Stream I 222 135 60.8 132 59.5 138 62.2 150 67.6
II 27 15 55.6 14 51.9 17 63.0 17 63.0
p-value   0.60 0.45 0.93 0.63
Physician in family No 133 82 61.7 69 51.9 72 54.1 87 65.4
Yes 116 68 58.6 77 66.4 83 71.6 80 69.0
p-value   0.63 0.02* 0.005* 0.55
The frequency of involvement in extracurricular activities† None 66 47 71.2 41 62.1 44 66.7 47 71.2
1-3 105 62 59.0 57 54.3 64 61.0 65 61.9
≥4 78 41 52.6 48 61.5 47 60.3 55 70.5
p-value   0.07 0.49 0.69 0.33
Organizing extracurricular activities† No 137 93 67.9 82 59.9 86 62.8 92 67.2
Yes 112 57 50.9 64 57.1 69 61.6 75 67.0
p-value   0.006* 0.67 0.85 0.97

Key: PE - professional efficacy; EX – exhaustion; CY - cynicism; Stream I – undergraduates; Stream II – postgraduates; *Significant at p value < 0.05; p values were calculated using the Pearson chi-square †During the past three months

 Int J Med Educ. 2017; 8:144-150; doi: 10.5116/ijme.58e3.ca8a