Exploring The Relationship Between Burnout and Academic Performance Among Pre-Clinical and Clinical Year Physical Therapy Students

B a c k g r o u n d : Burnout is a psychological paradigm characterized by emotional exhaustion which is emanated from a plethora of physical, emotional, and social stresses over a prolonged period of time.Burnout has become an imperative public health alarm owing to its relationship with deleterious consequences across various occupations and students.O b j e c t i v e : To investigate burnout in pre-clinical and clinical year physical therapy students.M e t h o d o l o g y : An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 384 physical therapy students belonging to the age ranging from 18-24 years of age.The study was carried out in Foundation University College of Physical Therapy, Yusra Medical and Dental College and IBADAT International University.Burnout was assessed by using Oldenburg Burnout Inventory Student version (OLBI-S).Analysis was done using SPSS version 23.R e s u l t s : The results exhibited that there was a negative and weak relationship between disengagement and CGPA as r=-0.00,p=0.95 in pre-clinical and r=-0.14, p=0.04 in clinical year students which depicted that with the increase in disengagement there was a decline in the students' performance.Also, there was a negative but weak relationship between exhaustion and CGPA as r=-0.13,p=0.06 in pre-clinical and r=-0.09,p=0.18 in clinical year students which described that if the exhaustion increases then the students' performance is dropped.C o n c l u s i o n : This study concluded that both the pre-clinical and clinical physical therapy students illustrated moderate levels of burnout subscales i.e. emotional exhaustion and disengagement.Moreover, the outcomes suggested that increase in the level of burnout in students resulted in deterioration of the student's academic and clinical performance.