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Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: High occupational burnout among general practitioners (GPs) is an important challenge to China’s efforts to strengthen its primary healthcare delivery; however, data to help understand this issue are unavailable. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of burnout and associated fa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31791282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7755-4 |
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author | Gan, Yong Jiang, Heng Li, Liqing Yang, Yudi Wang, Chao Liu, Jianxin Yang, Tingting Opoku, Sampson Hu, Sai Xu, Hongbin Herath, Chulani Chang, Yuanyuan Fang, Pengqian Lu, Zuxun |
author_facet | Gan, Yong Jiang, Heng Li, Liqing Yang, Yudi Wang, Chao Liu, Jianxin Yang, Tingting Opoku, Sampson Hu, Sai Xu, Hongbin Herath, Chulani Chang, Yuanyuan Fang, Pengqian Lu, Zuxun |
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description | BACKGROUND: High occupational burnout among general practitioners (GPs) is an important challenge to China’s efforts to strengthen its primary healthcare delivery; however, data to help understand this issue are unavailable. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of burnout and associated factors among GPs. METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used to collect data from December 12, 2014, to March 10, 2015, with a self-administered structured questionnaire from 1015 GPs (response rate, 85.6%) in Hubei Province, Central China. Burnout was measured using a 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). MBI-HSS scores and frequency were analyzed by the three dimensions of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal accomplishment (PA). Factors associated with burnout among GPs were estimated using a multiple linear regression model. RESULTS: Of the respondents, 2.46% had a high level of burnout in all three dimensions, 24.83% reported high levels of EE, 6.21% scored high on DP, and 33.99% were at high risk of PA. GPs who were unmarried, had lower levels of job satisfaction, and had been exposed to workplace violence experienced higher levels of burnout. Intriguingly, no statistically significant associations were found between burnout and the duration of GP practice, age, sex, income, practice setting, and professional level. CONCLUSION: This is the first study of occupational burnout in Chinese general practice. Burnout is prevalent among GPs in Hubei, China. Interventions aimed at increasing job satisfaction, improving doctor-patient relationships and providing safer workplace environments may be promising strategies to reduce burnout among GPs in Hubei, China. |
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spelling | pubmed-68895262019-12-11 Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study Gan, Yong Jiang, Heng Li, Liqing Yang, Yudi Wang, Chao Liu, Jianxin Yang, Tingting Opoku, Sampson Hu, Sai Xu, Hongbin Herath, Chulani Chang, Yuanyuan Fang, Pengqian Lu, Zuxun BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: High occupational burnout among general practitioners (GPs) is an important challenge to China’s efforts to strengthen its primary healthcare delivery; however, data to help understand this issue are unavailable. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of burnout and associated factors among GPs. METHODS: A cross-sectional design was used to collect data from December 12, 2014, to March 10, 2015, with a self-administered structured questionnaire from 1015 GPs (response rate, 85.6%) in Hubei Province, Central China. Burnout was measured using a 22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). MBI-HSS scores and frequency were analyzed by the three dimensions of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal accomplishment (PA). Factors associated with burnout among GPs were estimated using a multiple linear regression model. RESULTS: Of the respondents, 2.46% had a high level of burnout in all three dimensions, 24.83% reported high levels of EE, 6.21% scored high on DP, and 33.99% were at high risk of PA. GPs who were unmarried, had lower levels of job satisfaction, and had been exposed to workplace violence experienced higher levels of burnout. Intriguingly, no statistically significant associations were found between burnout and the duration of GP practice, age, sex, income, practice setting, and professional level. CONCLUSION: This is the first study of occupational burnout in Chinese general practice. Burnout is prevalent among GPs in Hubei, China. Interventions aimed at increasing job satisfaction, improving doctor-patient relationships and providing safer workplace environments may be promising strategies to reduce burnout among GPs in Hubei, China. BioMed Central 2019-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6889526/ /pubmed/31791282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7755-4 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis 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. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gan, Yong Jiang, Heng Li, Liqing Yang, Yudi Wang, Chao Liu, Jianxin Yang, Tingting Opoku, Sampson Hu, Sai Xu, Hongbin Herath, Chulani Chang, Yuanyuan Fang, Pengqian Lu, Zuxun Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study |
title | Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in Hubei, China: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | prevalence of burnout and associated factors among general practitioners in hubei, china: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889526/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31791282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7755-4 |
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