Au Jason, Elizondo Rodolfo A, Roth David R
Texas Children's Hospital Department of Pediatric Urology, Houston, Texas.
Urol Pract. 2017 May;4(3):264-268. doi: 10.1016/j.urpr.2016.06.003. Epub 2016 Oct 6.
Burnout is a syndrome characterized by exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal achievement that leads to decreased effectiveness at work. Little to no information is known about the surgeon burnout rate of pediatric urologists.
An online survey containing a modified Maslach Burnout Inventory and additional demographic information was emailed to practicing pediatric urologists in the United States. The dependent variable was professional burnout measured by 3 subscales from the Maslach Burnout Inventory of 1) emotional exhaustion, 2) depersonalization and 3) low personal achievement. The independent variables included surgeon demographics and practice characteristics.
The survey response rate was 66.7%. Of the 41 subjects most were male (82.9%), approximately three-quarters worked at academic centers, more than half had a rank of division chief or full professor and more than half worked more than 60 hours per week. Six (14.6%) pediatric urologists met the criteria for burnout, defined as high scores in emotional exhaustion plus high scores in depersonalization or low personal achievement. When comparing demographic and practice characteristics between pediatric urologists who were burned out to those who were not burned out, there were no statistically significant differences between the 2 groups. Only American Urological Association North Central and Western sections had surgeons with burnout.
Pediatric urologists have a low burnout rate compared to adult urologists and other surgical specialties.
职业倦怠是一种以疲惫、人格解体和个人成就感低落为特征的综合征，会导致工作效率下降。关于小儿泌尿外科医生的职业倦怠率，所知甚少。
向美国执业小儿泌尿外科医生发送了一份包含修订版马氏职业倦怠量表及其他人口统计学信息的在线调查问卷。因变量是通过马氏职业倦怠量表的3个分量表测量的职业倦怠，即1）情感耗竭、2）人格解体和3）个人成就感低落。自变量包括外科医生的人口统计学特征和执业特点。
调查回复率为66.7%。在41名受试者中，大多数为男性（82.9%），约四分之三在学术中心工作，半数以上担任科室主任或正教授，半数以上每周工作超过60小时。6名（14.6%）小儿泌尿外科医生符合职业倦怠标准，即情感耗竭得分高加上人格解体得分高或个人成就感低落得分高。在比较职业倦怠的小儿泌尿外科医生和未出现职业倦怠的医生的人口统计学特征和执业特点时，两组之间无统计学显著差异。只有美国泌尿外科协会中北部和西部分会有出现职业倦怠的外科医生。
与成人泌尿外科医生和其他外科专业相比，小儿泌尿外科医生的职业倦怠率较低。
