Department of Intensive Care 4131, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2019 Mar;63(3):414-417. doi: 10.1111/aas.13266. Epub 2018 Sep 21.
It is a common prejudice that anaesthetic doctors are believed to have high coffee consumption. In this study, we aimed to assess the association between coffee drinking and work satisfaction among Scandinavian anaesthesiologists. We hypothesised that coffee consumption was positively correlated with work satisfaction.
We invited anaesthesiologists attending the 34th congress of The Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Malmö, Sweden, September 2017 to participate in a paper-based survey. We collected data on characteristics of the respondents, coffee drinking and work satisfaction, and compared coffee vs non-coffee drinkers with regard to work satisfaction scored on a modified Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale (Visual Analogue Scale from 0 to 10).
A total of 271 anaesthesiologists participated in the survey, of which 265 (97.7%) of the questionnaires contained valid data. Some 143 (54.0%) of the respondents were women, the median (interquartile range, IQR) age was 41.0 (35.0-49.5) years, and 242 (91.3%) were coffee drinkers. Coffee drinkers consumed median 4.0 (IQR: 2.5-5.0) cups of coffee daily. Overall work satisfaction was median 8 (IQR: 8-9), with no difference between respondents drinking coffee and those who did not (median 8 (IQR: 8-9) vs 8 (IQR: 8-9), Wilcoxon rank sum test, P = 0.62). Also, we found no association between work satisfaction and the number of cups of coffee consumed daily (r = 0.005, P = 0.24).
In this survey, we found high work satisfaction among Scandinavian anaesthesiologists, with no difference between coffee and non-coffee drinkers.
人们普遍认为麻醉医生喝咖啡较多，但这只是一种偏见。在这项研究中，我们旨在评估喝咖啡与斯堪的纳维亚麻醉师工作满意度之间的关系。我们假设咖啡的摄入量与工作满意度呈正相关。
我们邀请了参加 2017 年 9 月在瑞典马尔默举行的第 34 届斯堪的纳维亚麻醉学会和重症监护医学学会大会的麻醉师参加基于纸张的调查。我们收集了受访者特征、喝咖啡和工作满意度的数据，并比较了使用 Wong-Baker 面部疼痛评定量表（视觉模拟评分 0-10）评定的工作满意度的咖啡饮用者和非咖啡饮用者。
共有 271 名麻醉师参加了调查，其中 265 份（97.7%）问卷包含有效数据。143 名（54.0%）受访者为女性，中位数（四分位距 IQR）年龄为 41.0（35.0-49.5）岁，242 名（91.3%）为咖啡饮用者。咖啡饮用者每天饮用中位数 4.0（IQR：2.5-5.0）杯咖啡。总体工作满意度中位数为 8（IQR：8-9），喝咖啡和不喝咖啡的受访者之间没有差异（中位数 8（IQR：8-9）与 8（IQR：8-9），Wilcoxon 秩和检验，P=0.62）。此外，我们发现工作满意度与每天饮用咖啡的杯数之间没有关联（r=0.005，P=0.24）。
在这项调查中，我们发现斯堪的纳维亚麻醉师的工作满意度较高，喝咖啡和不喝咖啡的人之间没有差异。
