C Macía-Rodríguez1, D Martín Iglesias2, J Moreno Diaz3, M Aranda Sánchez4, G Ortiz Llauradó4, A Montaño Martínez5, C Muñoz Muñoz6, M L López Reboiro7, A González-Munera8. 1. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital POVISA, Vigo, Pontevedra, España. Electronic address: cristina.macia.rodriguez@gmail.com. 2. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complejo Hospitalario de Zamora, Zamora, España. 3. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Barbastro, Barbastro, Huesca, España. 4. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Terrassa-Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, España. 5. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz, España. 6. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General de Cataluña, Barcelona, España. 7. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Comarcal de Monforte de Lemos, Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, España. 8. Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Burnout is a psychosocial syndrome caused by stressful working conditions and affects 30-60% of medical personnel. The aim of this study was to assess the burnout rate of Spanish internists and the factors related to its onset. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a survey of work conditions followed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which was disseminated through the email registry and social networks of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine. We performed a descriptive study and a univariate and multivariate analysis assessing the variables associated with burnout syndrome. RESULTS: A total of 934 internists (58.8% women and a median age of 40.0 years) answered the survey. Some 55.0% of the internists indicated high emotional fatigue, 61.7% indicated a high sense of depersonalisation, and 58.6% indicated low personal fulfilment. Some 33.4% of the interns experienced burnout. Burnout syndrome was independently related to age (OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.94-0.98), poor work environment (OR 1.94; 95% CI 1.31-2.82), insufficient wages (OR 1.79; 95% CI 1.20-2.67), receiving threats (OR 1.703; 95% CI 1.204-2.410) and the feeling of a lack of professional progress (OR 2.83; 95% CI 1.92-4.17). CONCLUSIONS: Burnout syndrome affects 33.4% of internists in Spain, and its onset is independently related with age, poor work environment, a lack of professional progress, insufficient financial remuneration and experiencing threats by patients or colleagues.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Burnout is a psychosocial syndrome caused by stressful working conditions and affects 30-60% of medical personnel. The aim of this study was to assess the burnout rate of Spanish internists and the factors related to its onset. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We conducted a survey of work conditions followed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which was disseminated through the email registry and social networks of the Spanish Society of Internal Medicine. We performed a descriptive study and a univariate and multivariate analysis assessing the variables associated with burnout syndrome. RESULTS: A total of 934 internists (58.8% women and a median age of 40.0 years) answered the survey. Some 55.0% of the internists indicated high emotional fatigue, 61.7% indicated a high sense of depersonalisation, and 58.6% indicated low personal fulfilment. Some 33.4% of the interns experienced burnout. Burnout syndrome was independently related to age (OR 0.96; 95% CI 0.94-0.98), poor work environment (OR 1.94; 95% CI 1.31-2.82), insufficient wages (OR 1.79; 95% CI 1.20-2.67), receiving threats (OR 1.703; 95% CI 1.204-2.410) and the feeling of a lack of professional progress (OR 2.83; 95% CI 1.92-4.17). CONCLUSIONS:Burnout syndrome affects 33.4% of internists in Spain, and its onset is independently related with age, poor work environment, a lack of professional progress, insufficient financial remuneration and experiencing threats by patients or colleagues.
Authors: David Pina; Paloma Llor-Zaragoza; Reyes López-López; Jose Antonio Ruiz-Hernández; Esteban Puente-López; Inmaculada Galián-Munoz; Begoña Martínez-Jarreta Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2022-02-04