ABSTRACT Suicide is a deliberate act to end one’s life. Suicidal incidents are often found among medical students. The suicide rate among medical students is very high when compared with students of other majors. A study in the United States stated that prevalence of suicidal ideation in medical students was 11%, twice of the general population, while the prevalence of attempted suicide was 6.9%. Several factors related to the academic situation that contribute to mental disorders among medical students include pressure in medical education, demand for good skills and long education time. These factors make them prone to depression, burnout, and various emotional and mental disorders that can trigger suicide. Therefore, efforts are needed to prevent and detect the possibility of suicidal behavior. This effort must be carried out in a multidisciplinary manner. Optimizing the academic atmosphere, family involvement, the social environment, and the ability of adequate health facilities are needed. Keywords: Suicide, Medical Students, Prevention
Burnout is a serious problem that usually occurs in workers who often interact with humans, one of them is medical personnel. For doctors, it has a huge impact for quality of care and patient safety. General practitioners in the ER are often faced with spontaneous events, demands for the right decision and treatment as soon as possible. These stressors increase the chance of burnout in the emergency room doctor. The cause of burnout from internal factor is lifestyle. This research is important in order to understand the relationship between physical activity and burnout that occurs in general practitioners in the ER, as an effort to provide a burnout prevention practically and independently by each individual. This research was an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design based on primary data from the Indonesian language GPAQ and MBI questionnaires. The subjects were 45 general practitioners in emergency room of several hospitals in Palembang. Overall, 61.5% respondents experienced low level burnout, while for the high level was 14.7%. Almost 50% of the respondents have low level category of physical activity. The results of Kendall's tau-b analysis showed the weak correlation between physical activity and two dimensions in a positive direction. The level of physical activity has a significant relationship with the risk of burnout in the emotional exhaustion and decreased self accomplishment dimensions of general practitioners of Hospital ER in Palembang. In the others, the level of physical activity did not have a significant relationship with the depersonalization dimension of burnout
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