Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Mar;88(3):216-25. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.11.021. Epub 2013 Feb 27.
To evaluate physician relationships from the perspective of their spouses/partners.
Nearly all data on satisfaction with physician relationships come from the perspective of the physician rather than their spouse/partner. We conducted a national study of the spouses/partners of US physicians from August 17, 2011, through September 12, 2011. Responding spouses/partners provided information on demographic characteristics, their own work life, and the work life of their physician partners. Spouses/partners also rated relationship satisfaction and the effect of the work life of their physician partner on the relationship.
Of the 1644 spouses/partners of physicians surveyed, 891 (54.2%) responded. Most spouses/partners (86.8%) reported that they were satisfied with their relationship with their physician partner. Satisfaction strongly related to the amount of time spent awake with their physician partners each day. Despite their overall satisfaction, spouses/partners reported their physician partners frequently came home irritable, too tired to engage in home activities, or preoccupied with work. On multivariate analysis, minutes spent awake with their physician partners each day was the strongest predictor of relationship satisfaction, exhibiting a dose-response effect. No professional characteristic of the physician partners (eg, hours worked per week, specialty area, and practice setting) other than the number of nights on call per week correlated with relationship satisfaction on adjusted analysis.
The spouses/partners of US physicians report generally high satisfaction with their relationships. The mean time spent with their physician partners each day appears to be a dominant factor associated with relationship satisfaction and overshadows any specific professional characteristic of the physicians' practice, including specialty area, practice setting, and work hours.
从配偶/伴侣的角度评估医生之间的关系。
几乎所有关于医患关系满意度的资料都来自医生本人，而非其配偶/伴侣。我们于 2011 年 8 月 17 日至 9 月 12 日对美国医生的配偶/伴侣进行了一项全国性研究。有回应的配偶/伴侣提供了人口统计学特征、他们自己的工作生活以及他们医生伴侣的工作生活方面的信息。配偶/伴侣还对关系满意度以及他们医生伴侣的工作生活对关系的影响进行了评价。
在接受调查的 1644 名医生的配偶/伴侣中，有 891 名（54.2%）做出了回应。大多数配偶/伴侣（86.8%）表示对他们与医生伴侣的关系感到满意。满意度与他们每天与医生伴侣醒着相处的时间密切相关。尽管总体上感到满意，但配偶/伴侣们报告说他们的医生伴侣经常带着易怒、疲惫不堪或全神贯注于工作的情绪回家。在多变量分析中，每天与医生伴侣醒着相处的时间是关系满意度的最强预测因素，表现出剂量反应效应。除了每周值夜班的次数外，医生伴侣的任何职业特征（例如每周工作小时数、专业领域和执业环境）都与调整后的关系满意度无关。
美国医生的配偶/伴侣报告对他们的关系普遍感到满意。他们每天与医生伴侣相处的平均时间似乎是与关系满意度相关的主要因素，超过了医生执业的任何特定专业特征，包括专业领域、执业环境和工作时间。
