Brown J B
Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London.
Fam Med. 1992 Nov-Dec;24(8):591-5.
The role of female physicians, which often involves combining medicine, marriage, and motherhood, may cause stress for some women. The purpose of this research was to identify correlates of depression, stress, and self-esteem among a sample of female Canadian family physicians.
All female family physicians in London, Ontario, who met study eligibility criteria were asked to participate in a questionnaire study. Sixty-two physicians were surveyed and asked to complete four psychological survey instruments: the Cognition Checklist, the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory, the People in Your Life Scale, and the Work Response Questionnaire.
The response rate was 83.3%. Sixty-five percent of subjects felt overloaded or overwhelmed at least once per week. These women, on average, worked more hours than subjects who reported not feeling overwhelmed (r = .48). Subjects had lower depression scores than did other populations tested with similar survey instruments. Subjects' self-esteem was similar to that found in other populations and was positively correlated with opportunities to acquire new skills (r = .34) and perceived lack of difficulty in developing lasting relationships (r = .41).
Depression appears to be less common among female family physicians than among other populations, but nearly two thirds of female family physicians feel overloaded or overwhelmed by their multiple responsibilities, as often as once per week.
女医生的角色通常涉及医学、婚姻和母亲身份的结合，这可能给一些女性带来压力。本研究的目的是确定加拿大女性家庭医生样本中抑郁、压力和自尊的相关因素。
安大略省伦敦市所有符合研究资格标准的女性家庭医生被邀请参加一项问卷调查研究。对62名医生进行了调查，并要求她们完成四份心理调查问卷：认知清单、库珀史密斯自尊量表、你生活中的人量表和工作反应问卷。
回复率为83.3%。65%的受试者每周至少有一次感到负荷过重或不堪重负。这些女性平均工作时间比那些表示没有感到不堪重负的受试者更长（r = 0.48）。与使用类似调查问卷测试的其他人群相比，受试者的抑郁得分更低。受试者的自尊与其他人群相似，并且与获得新技能的机会呈正相关（r = 0.34），与在发展持久关系中感知到的缺乏困难呈正相关（r = 0.41）。
女性家庭医生中抑郁似乎比其他人群中少见，但近三分之二的女性家庭医生感到因多重责任而负荷过重或不堪重负，频率高达每周一次。
