Prevalence of Burnout among Physicians at King Salman Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Introduction: Physician burnout in armed forces involves emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a sense of declined personal accomplishment. This can have an adverse effect on quality patient care, the healthcare team and can cost physician health in both in-training physicians and practicing physicians. The causative factors include excessive long work shifts, inefficient work systems and clerical burdens, professional home conflicts, lack of departmental support, limited work force and poor leadership culture. Objectives: This study aims at measuring the prevalence of burnout in physicians working in King Salman armed forces hospital Saudi Arabia and studying possible related socio-demographic variables. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted between April and May 2015 among physicians. A self‑administered questionnaire was used that includes questions on socio demographic characteristics, sources of stress and burnout of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS) in this study. Student’s T-test and chi square tests were used for analysis. Results: Majority were males 74.8% aged more than 35 years with the prevalence rate of 14.2%. The analyzed variables associated with emotional exhaustion, the following factors significantly affected the EE with P value<0.05, exercise, alternate shift duty, work over load, quality of life, satisfaction with work and specialty. As for the significant factors associated with DP, shift duty, work overload, quality of life perception and specialty were found to have P value less than 0.05. Conclusion: Burnout is prevalent among physicians; we identified variables significantly associated with Emotional exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP) and Personal accomplishment (PA). However, further research is recommended to study other predictors not mentioned in the current study and all health policy makers must work jointly in designing and implement effective remedial measures for physician burnout.

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Addressing the relationship between perceived fear of COVID-19 virus infection and emergence of burnout symptoms in a sample of Egyptian physicians during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

Middle East Current Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s43045-020-00079-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mohamed Abdelghani ◽

Hayam M. El-Gohary ◽

Eman Fouad ◽

Mervat S. Hassan

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Virus Infection ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

Abstract Background Physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic are working under relentless stress. This study aimed to identify the impact of the perceived fears of COVID-19 virus infection on the quality of life and the emergence of burnout syndrome among physicians in Egypt during the COVID-19 outbreak. This cross-sectional study was conducted between May 10th and June 9th, 2020, and included 320 Egyptian physicians who were working during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants were interviewed using the Fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Maslach Burnout Inventory, and World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) for assessment of the perceived fears of COVID-19 virus infection, associated anxiety and depressive symptoms, burnout symptoms, and quality of life, respectively. Results Overall, most physicians were females (63%). Ideas about death, moderate-to-severe anxiety, and depressive symptoms were reported by 11, 28, and 29% of physicians, respectively. For burnout symptoms, high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment were reported by 20, 71, and 39% of physicians, respectively. The perceived fear of COVID-19 virus infection was positively correlated with anxiety, depression, and burnout emotional exhaustion, and depersonalization symptoms, and negatively correlated with personal accomplishment and all quality of life domains. Conclusions Egyptian physicians experienced higher levels of COVID-19-related fears, anxiety, and depressive and burnout symptoms. There was a robust correlation between these perceived fears, and higher burnout symptoms, and poor quality of life among physicians. Specific interventions should be tailored to minimize the physical and mental burdens on the physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Comparing the Maslach Burnout Inventory to Other Well-Being Instruments in Emergency Medicine Residents

Journal of Graduate Medical Education ◽

10.4300/jgme-d-18-00155.1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 532-536 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Kelly Williamson ◽

Patrick M. Lank ◽

Navneet Cheema ◽

Nicholas Hartman ◽

Elise O. Lovell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Emergency Medicine ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Career Satisfaction ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Life ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Life Balance

ABSTRACT Background The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is considered the “gold standard” for measuring burnout, encompassing 3 scales: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Other well-being instruments have shown utility in various settings, and correlations between MBI and these instruments could provide evidence of relationships among key variables to guide well-being efforts. Objective We explored correlations between the MBI and other well-being instruments. Methods We fielded a multicenter survey of 9 emergency medicine (EM) residencies, administering the MBI and 4 published well-being instruments: a quality-of-life assessment, a work-life balance rating, an appraisal of career satisfaction, and the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders Patient Health Questionnaire 2 question screen. Consistent with the Maslach definition, burnout was defined by high emotional exhaustion (> 26) and high depersonalization (> 12). Results Of 334 residents, 261 (78%) responded. Residents who reported lower quality of life had higher emotional exhaustion (ρ = –0.437, P < .0001), higher depersonalization (ρ = –0.18, P < .005), and lower personal accomplishment (ρ = 0.347, P < .001). Residents who reported a negative work-life balance had emotional exhaustion (P < .001) and depersonalization (P < .009). Positive career satisfaction was associated with lower emotional exhaustion (P < .0001), lower depersonalization (P < .005), and higher personal accomplishment (P < .05). A positive depression screen was associated with higher emotional exhaustion, higher depersonalization, and lower personal achievement (all P < .0001). Conclusions Our multicenter study of EM residents demonstrated that assessments using the MBI correlate with other well-being instruments.

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Correlation between Job Burnout and Fear of COVID-19 among ICU and CCU Nurses

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1040376/v2 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

F. Golabi ◽

M. B. Alizadeh Aghdam ◽

H. Akbarian ◽

M. M. Hosseini Mazraehshadi

Keyword(s):

Nursing Care ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Job Burnout ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Occupational Burnout ◽

Major Factors ◽

The Relationship ◽

Quality Of Nursing

Abstract Background: Occupational burnout among nurses is one of the major factors which affect the quality of nursing care. Assessing the relationship between burnout and its associated factors is one of the most basic things that should be done so that later, actions can be taken to reduce burnout. Fear of COVID-19 is one of the factors that can increase burnout of nurses during the Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic.Aim: To investigate the relationship between job burnout and fear of COVID-19 among ICU and CCU nurses.Methods: The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) were distributed to ICU and CCU nurses (n = 170) at Shahid Madani Cardiac Hospital, Tabriz, Iran, and the correlation between job burnout and fear of COVID-19 was calculated.Results: The results show that the level of emotional exhaustion and reduced personal accomplishment among participants of this study is average, and depersonalization is at a low level. Also, the level of fear of coronavirus is below average among the respondents. The research showed that emotional exhaustion and fear of COVID-19 were positively correlated (p < 0.05), but there was not any significant correlation between depersonalization and fear of Coronavirus; as the relationship between reduced personal accomplishment and fear of COVID-19. In addition, there were significant correlations between age and reduced personal accomplishment, as well as marital status and reduced personal accomplishment (p < 0.05). On the other hand, the results showed that there were not any significant correlations between gender and burnout dimensions, nor between educational degree and burnout dimensions.Conclusion: As job burnout reduces the quality of nursing care, managers must take strategies that reduce job burnout. One of the strategies that they can take is to reduce the fear of COVID-19 by taking wise strategies.

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Assessment of Quality of Life in Adults Living at Charity Homes in Saudi Arabia

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v9n9p19 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 19

Author(s):

Samia Abdulmageed ◽

Ikhlas O. Saeed

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Primary Data ◽

P Value ◽

Health Satisfaction ◽

Sf 36 ◽

Physical Functions ◽

Level Of Significance

There is a rising interest in the Quality of Life (QoL) research in the Arabian countries. The study aimed to analyze the association between the health satisfaction, environment, age, and the physical functions to determine the quality of life among adults living in charity homes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The participants recruited for the study were adults, living in charity homes in Jeddah to analyze the results through a quantitative research design. The sample size included in the study was 136, which included the participants from different charity homes in Jeddah. SF-36 was appropriately used to examine the health status of the participants. WHOQOL-BRIEF questionnaire was used for the collection of primary data at the time of interviews. The statistically significant results have been evaluated through the independent t-test between the groups, based on the characteristics of the participants for average SF-36 domain scores. However, ANOVA test evaluated insignificant results on the basis of educational level as the p-value obtained is greater than the level of significance (0.850>0.05). Positive responses for all four domains of SF-36 instrument have been obtained, which recommended that further improvements in the charity homes is required to provide the awareness regarding the security and medication facilities.

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Correlation between job burnout and Fear of COVID-19 among ICU and CCU Nurses (Case study: Shahid Madani Cardiac Hospital, Tabriz, Iran)

Archives of Nursing Practice and Care ◽

10.17352/2581-4265.000057 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 024-028

Author(s):

Golabi Fatemeh ◽

Alizadeh Aghdam Mohammad Bagher ◽

Akbarian Hamed ◽

Hosseini Mazraehshadi Mir Mojtaba

Keyword(s):

Nursing Care ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Job Burnout ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Occupational Burnout ◽

Major Factors ◽

The Relationship ◽

Quality Of Nursing

Background: Occupational burnout among nurses is one of the major factors which affect the quality of nursing care. Assessing the relationship between burnout and its associated factors is one of the most basic things that should be done so that later, actions can be taken to reduce burnout. Fear of COVID-19 is one of the factors that can increase the burnout of nurses during the Coronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic. Aim: To investigate the relationship between job burnout and fear of COVID-19 among ICU and CCU nurses. Methods: The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) were distributed to ICU and CCU nurses (n = 170) at Shahid Madani Cardiac Hospital, Tabriz, Iran, and the correlation between job burnout and fear of COVID-19 was calculated. Results: The results show that the level of emotional exhaustion and reduced personal accomplishment among participants of this study is average, and depersonalization is at a low level. Also, the level of fear of coronavirus is below average among the respondents. The research showed that emotional exhaustion and fear of COVID-19 were positively correlated (p < 0.05), but there was not any significant correlation between depersonalization and fear of Coronavirus; as the relationship between reduced personal accomplishment and fear of COVID-19. In addition, there were significant correlations between age and reduced personal accomplishment, as well as marital status and reduced personal accomplishment (p < 0.05). On the other hand, the results showed that there were not any significant correlations between gender and burnout dimensions, nor between educational degree and burnout dimensions. Conclusion: As job burnout reduces the quality of nursing care, managers must take strategies that reduce job burnout. One of the strategies that they can take is to reduce the fear of COVID-19 by taking wise strategies.

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Physician Burnout and Associated Factors: Orthopaedics vs Anesthesia

Advances in Research ◽

10.9734/air/2019/v20i130147 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-9

Author(s):

John Reynolds ◽

Bradley Wiekrykas ◽

Frederick V. Ramsey ◽

Christopher Haydel ◽

Meera Gonzalez

Keyword(s):

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Orthopedic Surgery ◽

Orthopaedic Surgery ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Physician Burnout ◽

Social Events ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Inventory Survey

Background: Physician burnout has garnered increased attention in recent studies. It is attributed to the intrinsic stresses of medical practice and affects the quality of patient care. Previous studies have reported roughly half of orthopedic surgery and anesthesiology faculty and residents suffer symptoms of burnout. Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a significant difference in burnout rates among orthopedic surgeons and anesthesiologists, between faculty and residents in both specialties, and possible associated factors that may predispose participants to experience burnout. Methods: Data was gathered using the Maslach Burnout inventory survey (42 questions), which was distributed during the spring/summer of 2017 to orthopaedic surgery and anesthesiology residents and attending physicians, anesthesiology residents, orthopedic surgery faculty, and orthopedic surgery residents from various programs in the northeastern United States. Results: Survey Response rate was 238/666 = 38% response. As compared to attendings, residents scored: worse on Emotional Exhaustion; worse on Depersonalization and worse on Personal Accomplishment. When comparing specialties; for Emotional Exhaustion, Orthopaedic surgery scored better as compared with Anesthesiology. On Personal Accomplishment, Orthopaedic surgery scored better as compared with Anesthesiology. Residents had higher levels of burnout compared to attendings. Regarding specialty, Orthopaedic surgery scored significantly lower with regard to Emotional Exhaustion and Personal Accomplishment. It was also discovered that Orthopaedic surgeons overall have more social events, and more residents have mentors. Conclusion: Residents consistently demonstrated higher levels of burnout than attendings in both anesthesiology and orthopaedic surgery. Having a mentor and more interdepartmental social events may protect against burnout.

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Prevalence and pattern of burnout syndrome and associated quality of life amongst undergraduates of a tertiary institution in Northern Nigeria

Journal of Epidemiological Society of Nigeria ◽

10.46912/jeson.6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 39-51

Author(s):

Obekpa IO ◽

Amedu MA ◽

Udofia O

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

General Health Questionnaire ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Psychological Morbidity ◽

Burnout Syndrome ◽

Mental Wellbeing ◽

P Value ◽

Academic Efficacy ◽

Tertiary Institution

Background: Previous studies show that academic burnout among undergraduates in Nigeria is prevalent and impacts negatively on their mental wellbeing and quality of life. Few studies have looked at the relationship between burnout, psychological morbidity and quality of life. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome among undergraduates and its relationship with psychological morbidity and quality of life. Methods: A total of 933 undergraduates from the faculties of education, law and medicine, Bayero University Kano, participated in this descriptive, cross sectional study. Study instruments included a socio-demographic questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory-students’ survey, 12-item version of the General Health Questionnaire, and WHO Quality of Life Survey-Abbreviated Version. Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 16 was used to analyse the data using Chi square and ANOVA and a p-value of 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant. Results: This showed a burnout prevalence of 153(16.4%) for emotional exhaustion, 230(24.7%) for cynicism and 194(20.8%) for reduced academic efficacy. Burnout increased with increasing length of academic activity, increasing psychological morbidity and decreasing Quality of Life. Education students had more burnout on cynicism subscale while medical students had more burnout on academic efficacy subscale. Overall, law students were the least burnout.Conclusion: Burnout is common among undergraduates of Bayero University Kano. Families (through participatory parenting) and university authorities should put in place functional programmes to reduce the burden of burnout and more researches are needed to gain deeper understanding of burnout and its effects on students’ mental health.

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Defense mechanisms and quality of life in military personnel with burnout syndrome

Vojnosanitetski pregled ◽

10.2298/vsp170304114v ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 76 (3) ◽

pp. 298-306 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Aleksandra Vojvodic ◽

Gordana Dedic ◽

Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Military Personnel ◽

Defense Mechanisms ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Moderate Level ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Life Assessment ◽

Burnout Syndrome ◽

High Level

Background/Aim. Professional military personnel are exposed to a number of stressors during the war as well as in peacetime conditions that can cause some hidden or manifest disorders, especially anxiety and depression, but also the development of a burnout syndrome. The aim of our investigation was to determine the defense mechanisms and subjective assessment of quality of life and anxiety in professional military personnel of the Serbian Armed Forces with the burnout syndrome. Methods. The cross-sectional study included a total of 55 professional military personnel, from 25 to 55 years of age, without current mental problem. In the investigation, the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40), World Health Organization Abbreviated Instrument for Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-BREF) and Beck Anxiety Inventory were used. The statistical analysis included parametric and nonparametric descriptive statistics. Results. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were present in 10.9% of subjects and in 12.7% of subjects respectively, in moderate level, while personal accomplishment was present in 21.8% of subjects of high level. Humor was higher in the subjects with a moderate level of burnout on the personal accomplishment (PA) scale and altruism in the subjects with a low level of burnout on the depersonalization (DP) scale as well as acting-out and rationalization on the PA scale in the subjects with a moderate level of burnout. High level of anxiety was present in 14.5% of subjects. Conclusion. Professional military personnel with lower level of burnout were less anxious, use mature defense mechanisms and have a perception of better quality of life. When burnout is diagnosed, psychological interventions requires training through the adoption of mechanisms for overcoming everyday stress, which may affect the reduction of anxiety and the improvement of the quality of life. Professional assistance, including psychotherapy is required in severe cases.

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Correlation between Job Burnout and Fear of COVID-19 among ICU and CCU Nurses

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1040376/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Prof. Fatemeh Golabi ◽

Prof. Mohammad Bagher Alizadeh Aghdam ◽

Hamed Akbarian ◽

Mir Mojtaba Hosseini Mazraehshadi

Keyword(s):

Nursing Care ◽

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Job Burnout ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Occupational Burnout ◽

Major Factors ◽

The Relationship ◽

Quality Of Nursing

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Physician Burnout among Members of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

American Journal of Perinatology ◽

10.1055/s-0039-1692185 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (11) ◽

pp. 1115-1122 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Francine Hughes ◽

Antonia P. Francis ◽

Anthony C. Sciscione

Keyword(s):

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽

Female Gender ◽

Personal Accomplishment ◽

Physician Burnout ◽

Maternal Fetal Medicine ◽

Fetal Medicine ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Protected Time ◽

Burnout Rate

Abstract Objective This study aimed to determine the rate of physician burnout among maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists and identify associated factors. Study Design Noninternational members of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) were surveyed regarding burnout using a validated tool specifically designed for health professionals (Maslach Burnout Inventory—Human Services Survey). Burnout was defined as exceeding established cutoffs for emotional exhaustion or depersonalization. Demographic information and potential contributors associated with the presence of burnout were also examined. Results The survey was sent to 1,220 members and 44.1% of members completed the entire survey. The physician burnout rate was 56.5%. Factors associated with burnout included female gender, being 5 to 20 years in practice, self-perceived burnout, being somewhat or very dissatisfied with career or supervisor and charting for more than 4 hours per day. Factors associated with less burnout were being male, having some protected time for education and regular exercise. Women scored higher on emotional exhaustion and depersonalization and lower personal accomplishment compared with men. Conclusion Physician burnout among the SMFM members is higher than has been reported in other specialties. While some of these factors are modifiable, further study into why women have higher rates of burnout needs to be performed.

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