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Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
OBJECTIVES: A previous survey of Canadian emergency medicine (EM) physicians during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic documented less than 20% experienced high levels of burnout. This study examined the experience of a similar group of physicians during the second pandemic wave. We reported th...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8792132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35084710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43678-021-00259-9 |
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author | Mercuri, Mathew Clayton, Natasaha Archambault, Patrick Wallner, Clare Boulos, Mary Ellene Chan, Teresa M. Gérin-Lajoie, Caroline Gray, Sara Schwartz, Lisa Ritchie, Kerri de Wit, Kerstin |
author_facet | Mercuri, Mathew Clayton, Natasaha Archambault, Patrick Wallner, Clare Boulos, Mary Ellene Chan, Teresa M. Gérin-Lajoie, Caroline Gray, Sara Schwartz, Lisa Ritchie, Kerri de Wit, Kerstin |
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description | OBJECTIVES: A previous survey of Canadian emergency medicine (EM) physicians during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic documented less than 20% experienced high levels of burnout. This study examined the experience of a similar group of physicians during the second pandemic wave. We reported the associations between burnout and physician age, gender, having children at home and training route. METHODS: This study utilized a national survey of Canadian emergency physicians. We collected data on demographics and measured burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Multiple logistic regression models identified associations between the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization domains of the MBI and EM physician demographics (age, gender, children living at home, and training route). RESULTS: Between November 25, 2020, and February 4, 2021, 416 emergency physicians completed the survey, representing all Provinces or Territories in Canada (except Nunavut). The mean participant age was 44, 53% were male, 64% had children living at home and 41% were FRCPC and 41% CCFP-EM trained. Sixty percent reported high burnout (either high emotional exhaustion and/or high depersonalization). Increasing age was associated with lower emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; female or nonbinary gender was associated with an increase in emotional exhaustion; and having children living at home was associated with lower depersonalization. CONCLUSIONS: Most Canadian emergency physicians participating in our study during the COVID-19 pandemic reported high burnout levels. Younger physicians and female physicians were more likely than their coworkers to report high burnout levels. Hospitals should address emergency physician burnout during the pandemic because it is a threat to quality of patient care and retention of the workforce for the future. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43678-021-00259-9. |
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spelling | pubmed-87921322022-01-27 Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic Mercuri, Mathew Clayton, Natasaha Archambault, Patrick Wallner, Clare Boulos, Mary Ellene Chan, Teresa M. Gérin-Lajoie, Caroline Gray, Sara Schwartz, Lisa Ritchie, Kerri de Wit, Kerstin CJEM Brief Original Research OBJECTIVES: A previous survey of Canadian emergency medicine (EM) physicians during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic documented less than 20% experienced high levels of burnout. This study examined the experience of a similar group of physicians during the second pandemic wave. We reported the associations between burnout and physician age, gender, having children at home and training route. METHODS: This study utilized a national survey of Canadian emergency physicians. We collected data on demographics and measured burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). Multiple logistic regression models identified associations between the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization domains of the MBI and EM physician demographics (age, gender, children living at home, and training route). RESULTS: Between November 25, 2020, and February 4, 2021, 416 emergency physicians completed the survey, representing all Provinces or Territories in Canada (except Nunavut). The mean participant age was 44, 53% were male, 64% had children living at home and 41% were FRCPC and 41% CCFP-EM trained. Sixty percent reported high burnout (either high emotional exhaustion and/or high depersonalization). Increasing age was associated with lower emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; female or nonbinary gender was associated with an increase in emotional exhaustion; and having children living at home was associated with lower depersonalization. CONCLUSIONS: Most Canadian emergency physicians participating in our study during the COVID-19 pandemic reported high burnout levels. Younger physicians and female physicians were more likely than their coworkers to report high burnout levels. Hospitals should address emergency physician burnout during the pandemic because it is a threat to quality of patient care and retention of the workforce for the future. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s43678-021-00259-9. Springer International Publishing 2022-01-27 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8792132/ /pubmed/35084710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43678-021-00259-9 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)/ Association Canadienne de Médecine d'Urgence (ACMU) 2021, corrected publication 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Brief Original Research Mercuri, Mathew Clayton, Natasaha Archambault, Patrick Wallner, Clare Boulos, Mary Ellene Chan, Teresa M. Gérin-Lajoie, Caroline Gray, Sara Schwartz, Lisa Ritchie, Kerri de Wit, Kerstin Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title | Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full | Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_fullStr | Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_short | Canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic |
title_sort | canadian emergency medicine physician burnout: a survey of canadian emergency physicians during the second wave of the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Brief Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8792132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35084710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43678-021-00259-9 |
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