{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,13]],"date-time":"2026-07-13T06:06:32Z","timestamp":1783922792619,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Armed Forces Medical Services","issue":"1","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]],"date-time":"2026-03-27T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1774569600000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Neurosciences"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective: To assess burnout (BU) and sleep deprivation (SD) among neurology residents and their impact on clinical performance (CP). This study is based on a neurology residents from Saudi Arabia.\nMethods: This multi-centric, cross-sectional study invited 214 registered neurology residents in the country; 179 participated in the study. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and the Medical Council of Canada\u2019s Physicians\u2019 Self-Assessment Questionnaire (PSAQ) were used to evaluate burnout (BU) and sleep deprivation (SD) among neurology residents and their impact on clinical performance (CP).\nResults: Of the total 214 registered neurology residents, 179 participated in the study. About 50% reported irregularity in daily meals, while &gt;50% failed to exercise due to time constraints. More than 80% of residents had moderate-to-high levels of emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalisation (DP), and 90% had low personal accomplishment (PA). The global PSQI score of 9.3 resulted from mediocre sleep quality, poor sleep duration, high sleep latency and daytime dysfunction. Moreover, 83.2% of residents complained of SD and opined that it affects their mental capability at work. Regarding residents\u2019 CP, 49.44% were high performers, while the proportion of low performers was marginally higher at 50.56%. The rampant prevalence of moderate-to-high EE and DP and poor PSQI scores had a significantly negative correlation with residents\u2019 CP (p= 0.0168, 0.0011 and 0.0441, respectively), CP correlated positively with PA levels (p=0.0045).\nConclusion: Moderate to high levels of BU prevail among neurology residents in Saudi Arabia. A high number of neurology residents suffer from sleep disturbances. Both BU and SD exert a detrimental impact on neurology residents\u2019 CP, which adversely affects the quality of neurological care delivered by the burned-out and sleep-deprived residents.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.17712\/1658-3183.1003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,21]],"date-time":"2026-04-21T17:06:42Z","timestamp":1776791202000},"page":"26-33","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of Burnout and Sleep Deprivation on the Clinical Performance of Neurology Residents: A Cross-Sectional Country Wide Study"],"prefix":"10.17712","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Bandar N.","family":"Aljafen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine (Neurology Unit), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Walaa S.","family":"Alkhamis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Dar Alullom University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rahmah M.","family":"Alsawad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Dar Alullom University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Israa B.","family":"Alhamoud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Dar Alullom University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zahra B.","family":"Alamer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Dar Alullom University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Waad A.","family":"Alshanqiti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Dar Alullom University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rawan M.","family":"Alenez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Medicine, Dar Alullom University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"56029","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]]},"container-title":["Neurosciences"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,13]],"date-time":"2026-07-13T05:24:37Z","timestamp":1783920277000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/nsj.researchcommons.org\/journal\/vol31\/iss1\/4"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17712\/1658-3183.1003","relation":{},"ISSN":["1658-3183"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1658-3183","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,27]]}}}