Raffi Jodie, Trivedi Megha K, White Lucile, Murase Jenny E
Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, California.
Int J Womens Dermatol. 2019 Jul 8;6(1):13-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ijwd.2019.07.001. eCollection 2020 Jan.
Female dermatologists often face the challenges of balancing a rewarding medical career with duties of home life and childrearing. Excessive responsibility at home or work can introduce barriers to balance and prove detrimental to the health and wellness of the physician.
We aim to perform a needs assessment through a series of survey questions with regard to home and work responsibilities and impacts on mental health.
Survey participants were selected from the Women's Dermatologic Society through an e-mail invitation with a link to an anonymous survey tool and a paper questionnaire at the Women's Dermatologic Society Forum in February 2019 in Dallas, Texas. The survey included 20 questions with regard to household responsibilities, child care, clinical responsibilities, specialty education, and impacts on personal time, sleep, and overall sense of well-being. There were a total of 127 respondents.
Eighty-five percent of physicians in our cohort are currently married. A large percent of respondents utilized hired household help in the form of nannies to perform chores. Spousal contribution was emphasized in this cohort and often highlighted as an important factor in maintaining home life duties.
The professional women in our cohort may be balancing work and life at the expense of personal physical and mental health with little time to exercise and fewer hours of sleep per night.
女性皮肤科医生常常面临着在充实的医疗事业与家庭生活及育儿职责之间寻求平衡的挑战。家庭或工作中的过度责任可能会成为平衡的障碍，并对医生的身心健康造成损害。
我们旨在通过一系列关于家庭和工作职责以及对心理健康影响的调查问卷来进行需求评估。
2019年2月在得克萨斯州达拉斯市的女性皮肤科协会论坛上，通过电子邮件邀请向女性皮肤科协会的成员发送了一个指向匿名调查工具的链接以及一份纸质问卷，以此选取调查参与者。该调查包括20个关于家务责任、儿童照料、临床责任、专业教育以及对个人时间、睡眠和总体幸福感影响的问题。共有127名受访者。
我们研究队列中的85%的医生目前已婚。很大一部分受访者雇佣保姆等家政服务来做家务。在这个队列中，配偶的贡献得到了强调，并且常常被视为维持家庭生活职责的一个重要因素。
我们研究队列中的职业女性可能是以牺牲个人身心健康为代价来平衡工作和生活的，她们几乎没有时间锻炼，每晚睡眠时间也较少。
