Margiotta Fabio, Crudden Genevieve, Byrne Dara, Doherty Anne M
Department of Psychiatry, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
National University Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci. 2019 May;188(2):355-364. doi: 10.1007/s11845-018-1886-y. Epub 2018 Aug 20.
Burnout is prevalent among doctors and affects the quality of patient care. Little research on burnout in consultant-level doctors has been done. The objective of this study was to measure burnout in the hospital consultant population in Ireland.
Surveys were distributed to consultants in Ireland from September to December 2016. The anonymous online survey combined demographic questions and the Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey.
Four hundred seventy-seven (22%) consultants completed the survey. Of these, 42% reported high levels of burnout. We found that face-to-face contact with patients, specialty, exercise, remuneration and type of contract influenced burnout levels.
This study demonstrated that over 40% of the consultants studied are affected by burnout. This finding raises concerns for patient safety and standard of care as well as doctors well-being. Interventions to address and minimise burnout are important to guarantee high patient outcomes and retain medical staff.
职业倦怠在医生中普遍存在，并影响患者护理质量。针对顾问级医生职业倦怠的研究较少。本研究的目的是衡量爱尔兰医院顾问群体的职业倦怠情况。
2016年9月至12月向爱尔兰的顾问医生发放调查问卷。这份匿名在线调查问卷结合了人口统计学问题和马氏职业倦怠量表通用版。
477名（22%）顾问医生完成了调查。其中，42%报告有高水平的职业倦怠。我们发现与患者的面对面接触、专业、锻炼、薪酬和合同类型会影响职业倦怠水平。
本研究表明，超过40%的参与研究的顾问医生受到职业倦怠的影响。这一发现引发了对患者安全、护理标准以及医生福祉的担忧。采取干预措施来应对和尽量减少职业倦怠对于确保良好的患者治疗效果和留住医务人员至关重要。
