Mersal Ezat A, Alsuwayhib Saad J, Almufarriji Razan M, Morsi Ahmed A, Assery Bushra M, Bahr Mohamed H, Al-Kilani Hanin H, Ragheb Sahar M, Alsaleem Mariam F, Shehab Njood H, Alshateb Farah H, Hassanein Alaa M
From the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (Mersal, Morsi, Bahr, Hassanein), Faculty of Medicine, Vision Colleges, From the Faculty of Medicine (Alsuwayhib, Al-kilani, Ragheb, Alsaleem, Shehab, Alshateb), Vision Colleges, from the Department of Clinical Sciences (Assery), Vision Colleges, and from the Department of Neurosurgery (Almufarriji), National Neuroscience Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2025 Jul;30(3):193-200. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2025.3.20240109.
To evaluate the prevalence of work-related burnout among neurosurgeons at multiple neurosurgical centers in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional study was undertaken involving neurosurgeons in Saudi Arabia. From June 2023, to September 2023, a self-administered questionnaire was utilized to gather data from the neurosurgeons in Riyadh hospitals. This data pertained to their quality of life, exhaustion, frustration, and patient-doctor relationships.
Out of 120 potential participants, 95 completed responses were collected, yielding a response rate of 79.2%. A significant positive correlation was revealed by correlation analyses between on-call hours and weekly working hours on one side, and burnout and poor quality of life on the other. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) revealed four components with eigenvalues greater than 1, accounting for 32.6%, 16.9%, 11.1%, and 7.8% of the total variance. The overall Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) measure was 0.77, falling into the 'middling' category, with individual KMO measures ranging between 0.6 and 0.9.
The study revealed a job-related impairment of the work tolerance among neurosurgeons in Riyadh, which may be due to the limited number of neurosurgeons. Further measures are required to enhance the quality of life for neurosurgeons and, ultimately, patient care.
评估沙特阿拉伯王国利雅得多个神经外科中心神经外科医生工作倦怠的患病率。
开展了一项涉及沙特阿拉伯神经外科医生的横断面研究。从2023年6月至2023年9月，采用自填式问卷从利雅得医院的神经外科医生收集数据。这些数据涉及他们的生活质量、疲惫感、挫败感以及医患关系。
在120名潜在参与者中，收集到95份完整回复，回复率为79.2%。相关性分析显示，一方面，值班时长和每周工作时长与另一方面的倦怠和生活质量差之间存在显著正相关。主成分分析（PCA）揭示了四个特征值大于1的成分，分别占总方差的32.6%、16.9%、11.1%和7.8%。总体Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin（KMO）度量为0.77，属于“中等”类别，单个KMO度量在0.6至0.9之间。
该研究揭示了利雅得神经外科医生与工作相关的工作耐受性受损，这可能是由于神经外科医生数量有限所致。需要采取进一步措施来提高神经外科医生的生活质量，并最终改善患者护理。
