Azevedo Walter Fernandes, Mathias Lígia Andrade da Silva Telles
MD, MSc. Doctoral Student, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSCSP), São Paulo; Anesthesiologist, Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley (HULW); and Adjunct Professor, Medical School, Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa (PB), Brazil.
MD, MSc, PhD. Adjunct Professor, Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSCSP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Sao Paulo Med J. 2017 Nov-Dec;135(6):511-517. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2016.0312250417. Epub 2017 Sep 28.
Addiction to work is one of the new behavioral phenomena present in organizations and it is characterized by excess work and compulsion to work. This phenomenon may give rise to different sicknesses and may affect different professionals, including doctors. Thus, the aims of this study were to analyze the factorial validity and internal consistency of the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (DUWAS); to evaluate the prevalence of addiction to work among doctors in the state of Paraíba; and to investigate factors relating to addiction to work among these doctors.
This was an exploratory, descriptive cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach conducted in municipalities in the state of Paraíba.
Data were gathered between June and October 2015, by applying a questionnaire containing sociodemographic questions and the Work Addiction Scale.
The results showed that the Work Addiction Scale has internal consistency and factorial validity and that, in the population studied, only one factor was pointed out: addiction to work. Most of the doctors were not addicted to work; among the addicts, the addiction was not excessive; and the addiction had a positive correlation with the number of shifts done and a negative correlation with age.
Greater attention to this phenomenon is required and further research on this topic is needed in order to elucidate the harm caused by addiction to work in daily medical practice.
工作成瘾是组织中出现的一种新的行为现象，其特征是工作过度和工作强迫。这种现象可能引发不同疾病，并可能影响包括医生在内的不同职业群体。因此，本研究的目的是分析荷兰工作成瘾量表（DUWAS）的因子效度和内部一致性；评估帕拉伊巴州医生中工作成瘾的患病率；并调查这些医生中与工作成瘾相关的因素。
这是一项探索性、描述性横断面研究，采用定量方法在帕拉伊巴州各城市开展。
2015年6月至10月期间，通过发放包含社会人口学问题和工作成瘾量表的问卷收集数据。
结果表明，工作成瘾量表具有内部一致性和因子效度，在所研究人群中，仅指出一个因子：工作成瘾。大多数医生没有工作成瘾；在成瘾者中，成瘾程度并不严重；成瘾与轮班次数呈正相关，与年龄呈负相关。
需要更加关注这一现象，并且需要对该主题进行进一步研究，以阐明工作成瘾在日常医疗实践中造成的危害。
