Burhamah Waleed, AlKhayyat Abdulaziz, Oroszlányová Melinda, Jafar Hana, AlKhayat Ali, Alabbad Jasim
Department of General Surgery, Mubarak AlKabeer Hospital, Kuwait.
Ministry of Health, Kuwait.
Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2021 Apr 21;65:102337. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102337. eCollection 2021 May.
Surgical residency often poses a challenge to residents, with long working hours and a stressful work environment. Surgical residents are at an increased risk of burnout and depression. Such mental health burdens could go so far as to affect treatment outcomes.
To assess the prevalence and risk factors for depression and burnout among residents across surgical specialties in Kuwait.
An online questionnaire was sent to the residents enrolled to the surgical residency programs in Kuwait, from the period of January 2020-February 2020. Variables collected included; age, gender, marital status, smoking history, exercise, specialty, year of training, on-call frequency, assessment of burnout (using the abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory (aMBI)) and assessment of depressive symptoms (using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score).
A total of 85 surgical residents between the age of 20 and 40 years responded. Most (64.7%) were male and 35.3% female. More than half were married (51.8%) and 41.2% were single. The majority of the residents were in general surgery (43.5%), with the least being in otolaryngology (7.1%) and neurosurgery (5.9%). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 55.3%, and 51.8% had a high overall burnout score.
Addressing burnout at all stages during residency training is paramount in improving standard of care as well as increasing the wellness of residents.
外科住院医师培训对住院医师来说常常是一项挑战，工作时间长且工作环境压力大。外科住院医师出现职业倦怠和抑郁的风险增加。这种心理健康负担甚至可能影响治疗结果。
评估科威特各外科专业住院医师中抑郁和职业倦怠的患病率及危险因素。
于2020年1月至2月向科威特参加外科住院医师培训项目的住院医师发送了一份在线问卷。收集的变量包括：年龄、性别、婚姻状况、吸烟史、运动情况、专业、培训年份、值班频率、职业倦怠评估（使用简化版马氏职业倦怠量表（aMBI））以及抑郁症状评估（使用患者健康问卷-9（PHQ-9）评分）。
共有85名年龄在20至40岁之间的外科住院医师做出回应。大多数（64.7%）为男性，35.3%为女性。超过一半已婚（51.8%），41.2%为单身。大多数住院医师从事普通外科（43.5%），最少的是耳鼻喉科（7.1%）和神经外科（5.9%）。抑郁症状的患病率为55.3%，51.8%的人总体职业倦怠得分较高。
在住院医师培训的各个阶段解决职业倦怠问题对于提高医疗护理标准以及增进住院医师的健康至关重要。
