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The prevalence of work-related burnout among neurosurgeons in Saudi Arabia: A multicenter cross-sectional study

Ezat A. Mersal, Saad J. Alsuwayhib, Razan M. Almufarriji, Ahmed A. Morsi, Bushra M. Assery, Mohamed H. Bahr, Hanin H. Al-kilani, Sahar M. Ragheb, Mariam F. Alsaleem, Njood H. Shehab, Farah H. Alshateb and Alaa M. Hassanein
Neurosciences Journal July 2025, 30 (3) 193-200; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2025.3.20240109
Ezat A. Mersal
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saad J. Alsuwayhib
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Razan M. Almufarriji
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed A. Morsi
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Bushra M. Assery
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed H. Bahr
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hanin H. Al-kilani
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Sahar M. Ragheb
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mariam F. Alsaleem
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Njood H. Shehab
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Farah H. Alshateb
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Alaa M. Hassanein
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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vol. 30 no. 3 193-200
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2025.3.20240109
PubMed 
40670063

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1658-3183
History 
  • Received September 26, 2024
  • Accepted March 19, 2025
  • Published online July 16, 2025.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Ezat A. Mersal, PhD⇑,
  2. Saad J. Alsuwayhib, MI,
  3. Razan M. Almufarriji, MBBS,
  4. Ahmed A. Morsi, MD,
  5. Bushra M. Assery, MBBS,
  6. Mohamed H. Bahr, MD,
  7. Hanin H. Al-kilani, MS,
  8. Sahar M. Ragheb, MS,
  9. Mariam F. Alsaleem, MS,
  10. Njood H. Shehab, MS,
  11. Farah H. Alshateb, MI and
  12. Alaa M. Hassanein, MSc
  1. From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ezat A. Mersal, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: emersal{at}vision.edu.sa
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