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Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies
BACKGROUND: Burnout among doctors negatively affects health systems and, ultimately, patient care. AIM: To determine the prevalence of burnout among doctors working in the district health system in the Overberg and Cape Winelands districts of the Western Cape Province and to compare the findings wit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018597/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29943596 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1568 |
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author | Liebenberg, Andrew R. Coetzee, Johan F. Conradie, Hofmeyr H. Coetzee, Johan F. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Burnout among doctors negatively affects health systems and, ultimately, patient care. AIM: To determine the prevalence of burnout among doctors working in the district health system in the Overberg and Cape Winelands districts of the Western Cape Province and to compare the findings with those of previous South African studies. SETTING: Rural district hospitals. METHODS: During 2013, a validated questionnaire (Maslach Burnout Inventory) was sent to 42 doctors working in the district health system within the referral area of the Worcester Hospital, consisting of the Overberg health district and the eastern half of the Cape Winelands. RESULTS: Response rate was 85.7%. Clinically significant burnout was found among 81% of respondents. High levels of burnout on all three subscales were present in 31% of participants. Burnout rates were similar to those of a previous study conducted among doctors working in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality primary health care facilities. Scores for emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalisation (DP) were greater than those of a national survey; however, the score for personal accomplishment (PA) was greater. EE and PA scores were similar to that of a study of junior doctors working in the Red Cross Children’s Hospital; however, EE was smaller. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates high burnout rates among doctors working at district level hospitals, similar to the prevalence thereof in the Cape Town Metropolitan primary health care facilities. Health services planning should include strategies to address and prevent burnout of which adequate staffing and improved work environment are of prime importance. |
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spelling | pubmed-60185972018-07-05 Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies Liebenberg, Andrew R. Coetzee, Johan F. Conradie, Hofmeyr H. Coetzee, Johan F. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med Original Research BACKGROUND: Burnout among doctors negatively affects health systems and, ultimately, patient care. AIM: To determine the prevalence of burnout among doctors working in the district health system in the Overberg and Cape Winelands districts of the Western Cape Province and to compare the findings with those of previous South African studies. SETTING: Rural district hospitals. METHODS: During 2013, a validated questionnaire (Maslach Burnout Inventory) was sent to 42 doctors working in the district health system within the referral area of the Worcester Hospital, consisting of the Overberg health district and the eastern half of the Cape Winelands. RESULTS: Response rate was 85.7%. Clinically significant burnout was found among 81% of respondents. High levels of burnout on all three subscales were present in 31% of participants. Burnout rates were similar to those of a previous study conducted among doctors working in the Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality primary health care facilities. Scores for emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalisation (DP) were greater than those of a national survey; however, the score for personal accomplishment (PA) was greater. EE and PA scores were similar to that of a study of junior doctors working in the Red Cross Children’s Hospital; however, EE was smaller. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates high burnout rates among doctors working at district level hospitals, similar to the prevalence thereof in the Cape Town Metropolitan primary health care facilities. Health services planning should include strategies to address and prevent burnout of which adequate staffing and improved work environment are of prime importance. AOSIS 2018-05-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6018597/ /pubmed/29943596 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1568 Text en © 2018. The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Liebenberg, Andrew R. Coetzee, Johan F. Conradie, Hofmeyr H. Coetzee, Johan F. Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies |
title | Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies |
title_full | Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies |
title_fullStr | Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies |
title_full_unstemmed | Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies |
title_short | Burnout among rural hospital doctors in the Western Cape: Comparison with previous South African studies |
title_sort | burnout among rural hospital doctors in the western cape: comparison with previous south african studies |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6018597/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29943596 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1568 |
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