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Willingness to migrate—a potential effect of burnout? A survey of Hungarian physicians

BACKGROUND: Burnout worldwide and migration of caregivers are among the most important challenges of the twenty-first century health care. METHODS: Quantitative, online survey of Hungarian physicians (n = 4 784) was performed in 2013. A link to an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was sent...

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Autores principales: Győrffy, Zsuzsa, Dweik, Diana, Girasek, Edmond
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6086050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30097051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0303-y
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author Győrffy, Zsuzsa
Dweik, Diana
Girasek, Edmond
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Girasek, Edmond
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description BACKGROUND: Burnout worldwide and migration of caregivers are among the most important challenges of the twenty-first century health care. METHODS: Quantitative, online survey of Hungarian physicians (n = 4 784) was performed in 2013. A link to an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was sent to all potential participants, namely to the registered members of the Hungarian Medical Chamber with a valid e-mail address. Linear regression analysis was used to determine the risk factors of burnout. The association between physicians’ burnout and their willingness to migrate was determined by binary logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Moderate/mild level of personal accomplishment was detected in 65% of respondents, whereas moderate/severe level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization was detected in 49% and 46%, respectively. Single male physicians younger than 35 composed the cohort with the highest risk for developing burnout. Higher daily working hours and multiple workplaces contribute to the risk of developing burnout. According to logistic regression analysis, the intention to work abroad was affected by the emotional exhaustion dimension of burnout (OR = 1.432) and depersonalization had a tendency to have an impact on the willingness to migrate. CONCLUSIONS: We assume that there is a circular causality between burnout and the willingness to migrate. Burnout increases the willingness to work abroad, whereas contemplating migration might evoke a certain degree of depersonalization in caregivers who are in a dilemma.
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spelling pubmed-60860502018-08-16 Willingness to migrate—a potential effect of burnout? A survey of Hungarian physicians Győrffy, Zsuzsa Dweik, Diana Girasek, Edmond Hum Resour Health Research BACKGROUND: Burnout worldwide and migration of caregivers are among the most important challenges of the twenty-first century health care. METHODS: Quantitative, online survey of Hungarian physicians (n = 4 784) was performed in 2013. A link to an anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was sent to all potential participants, namely to the registered members of the Hungarian Medical Chamber with a valid e-mail address. Linear regression analysis was used to determine the risk factors of burnout. The association between physicians’ burnout and their willingness to migrate was determined by binary logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Moderate/mild level of personal accomplishment was detected in 65% of respondents, whereas moderate/severe level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization was detected in 49% and 46%, respectively. Single male physicians younger than 35 composed the cohort with the highest risk for developing burnout. Higher daily working hours and multiple workplaces contribute to the risk of developing burnout. According to logistic regression analysis, the intention to work abroad was affected by the emotional exhaustion dimension of burnout (OR = 1.432) and depersonalization had a tendency to have an impact on the willingness to migrate. CONCLUSIONS: We assume that there is a circular causality between burnout and the willingness to migrate. Burnout increases the willingness to work abroad, whereas contemplating migration might evoke a certain degree of depersonalization in caregivers who are in a dilemma. BioMed Central 2018-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6086050/ /pubmed/30097051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0303-y Text en © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Dweik, Diana
Girasek, Edmond
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title_fullStr Willingness to migrate—a potential effect of burnout? A survey of Hungarian physicians
title_full_unstemmed Willingness to migrate—a potential effect of burnout? A survey of Hungarian physicians
title_short Willingness to migrate—a potential effect of burnout? A survey of Hungarian physicians
title_sort willingness to migrate—a potential effect of burnout? a survey of hungarian physicians
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6086050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30097051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0303-y
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