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This study\u2019s goal was to examine the prevalence of burnout symptoms in two private universities in Austria and to identify the stressors contributing to it.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Medical students in their second year or at later stages of their studies were asked to complete an online questionnaire. Using the Maslach Burnout Inventory\u2014Student Survey (MBI-SS), the three subscales emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced academic efficacy were measured. The six potentially burnout-related stressors identified were workload, exam pressure, financial stress, work\u2013life balance, time management, and lack of support for mental health. Additionally, psychological well-being measured via the World Health Organization-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) and subjective stress assessed via the visual analog scale (VAS) were examined.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A\u00a0total of 168 students were included in the final analysis (average age 23.9 years; 69.0% female). Overall, 33.9% of students met the cut-off criteria for burnout on all three subscales and 78% on at least two. Scores for emotional exhaustion (86.3%) and reduced academic efficacy (82.1%) were most frequently elevated. Work\u2013life balance and a\u00a0perceived lack of mental health support were most consistently linked to higher burnout subscale and lower WHO\u20115 scores.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Around one third of students met the cut-off criteria on all three MBI-SS subscales. Not one single stressor was observed to be causing burnout symptoms, but rather a\u00a0lack of work\u2013life balance and mental health support seem to play a\u00a0major role.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s40211-026-00582-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,17]],"date-time":"2026-06-17T13:19:20Z","timestamp":1781702360000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Burnout symptoms, burnout rate, well-being, and academia-related stress factors in medical students","Burn-out-Symptome, Burn-out-Rate, Wohlbefinden und studiumsbedingte Stressfaktoren bei Medizinstudierenden"],"prefix":"10.1007","author":[{"given":"Christine","family":"Leitner","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6600-8564","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leonhard","family":"Thun-Hohenstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,17]]},"reference":[{"issue":"21","key":"582_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2214","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2016.17324","volume":"316","author":"LS Rotenstein","year":"2016","unstructured":"Rotenstein\u00a0LS, Ramos\u00a0MA, Torre\u00a0M, Segal\u00a0JB, Peluso\u00a0MJ, Guille\u00a0C, et\u00a0al. 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