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Background: Burnout is a psychological syndrome characterised as state of emotional exhaustion, negative attitude towards the recipient of care (depersonalisation) and a feeling of low accomplishments in human service professionals. However, there is very limited literature about Burnout syndrome among medical interns from India. Thus, this study aimed to found out the prevalence of burnout syndrome among medical interns and to find any gender differences between male and female interns.Methods: The study was a cross sectional study with a convenient sample of 100 medical Interns. Subjects filled a pretested semi-structured questionnaire, which consisted of demographic data and measures of assessment. Burnout was assessed by application of Masalach Burnout Inventory. Definition of burnout was taken as high score (>27 points) on Emotional exhaustion subscale, along with high scores (>10 points) on depersonalization subscale and Low score (<33 points) on personal accomplishment subscale.Results: Mean age of the sample was 23.9 years. 48 % were males and 52% were females. Burnout syndrome was found to be present in 22% subjects. 34% scored High on Emotional exhaustion subscale, while 46% scored High on depersonalization subscale and 77% scored Low on personal accomplishment subscale. Burnout status and subscales scores did not vary significantly with gender.Conclusions: Considering the higher ratings on various domains of Burnout among medical interns there is a need for targeted action and further research for a healthy workforce development in field of Medical care.

Background: Primary headache disorders including migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) are of great importance to global public health due to its high prevalence, but very few studies have been conducted to know its prevalence and pain severity of different types of primary headache. Aim of this study was to investigate the subtypes and pain severity of different types of primary headache in hospital setting.Methods: This study is a cross-sectional study with 200 sample size. Includes patients with Primary headache in department of Psychiatry, MGMMC, Indore. Patient aged between 18-65 years, both gender. Diagnosis of headache was done clinically in accordance with International Classification of Headache disorders (ICHD- 3). Semi-structured headache questionnaire, Comparative pain scale were used for assessment of samples.Results: Among 200 patients, Tension type headache was 73.5%, Migraine was 22%, Mixed headache was in 4.5% patients. Majority of migraine and mixed headache cases had severe pain at 93.2% & 55.6% respectively. Majority of TTH cases had moderate pain in 42.2% patients.Conclusions: Study has shown assessments of severity of pain, can be used to assess the impact of Primary headache on patient’s quality of life.