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The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals

BACKGROUND: Workplace burnout is a state of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization of others (DP), and low personal accomplishment (PA) owing to workplace stressors. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout and its associated factors among surgical specialists in Kuwait. METHODS: T...

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Autores principales: Akl, Amr, Mohiyaldeen, Idrees, Alshatti, Rashed, Alenezi, Omer, Dougherty, Ryan, Al-Raihan, Abdullah, Alotaibi, Salman, Tadros, Nardine, Longenecker, Joseph C.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.679834
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author Akl, Amr
Mohiyaldeen, Idrees
Alshatti, Rashed
Alenezi, Omer
Dougherty, Ryan
Al-Raihan, Abdullah
Alotaibi, Salman
Tadros, Nardine
Longenecker, Joseph C.
author_facet Akl, Amr
Mohiyaldeen, Idrees
Alshatti, Rashed
Alenezi, Omer
Dougherty, Ryan
Al-Raihan, Abdullah
Alotaibi, Salman
Tadros, Nardine
Longenecker, Joseph C.
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description BACKGROUND: Workplace burnout is a state of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization of others (DP), and low personal accomplishment (PA) owing to workplace stressors. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout and its associated factors among surgical specialists in Kuwait. METHODS: This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of burnout among 489 surgeons in practice at Kuwait Ministry of Health (MOH). Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Burnout was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which defines burnout as having a high score of EE or DP, or a low score of PA; with severe burnout involving all. The associations between burnout or severe burnout with sociodemographic and occupational characteristics were assessed using multivariate binary logistic regression to adjust for potential confounders. RESULTS: Prevalence estimates for burnout and severe burnout were 76.9% (95% Confidence Interval = 72.9–80.7%) and 14.0% (11.0–17.5%), respectively. The prevalence estimates for high EE, high DP, and low PA scores were 44.7, 43.1, and 47.2%, respectively. The prevalence of burnout and severe burnout was highest among neurosurgeons. Burnout was lowest among otolaryngology surgeons and severe burnout was lowest among cardiothoracic surgeons. After adjustment, burnout was associated with younger age, lower income, and more on-calls per month. The four most common sources of stress included less family time, verbal assault, case overload, and highly complicated cases. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of burnout among surgeons in Kuwait MOH hospitals is high. Occupational health programs should use these findings to design and implement interventions that can treat and prevent burnout in this population.
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spelling pubmed-88416602022-02-15 The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals Akl, Amr Mohiyaldeen, Idrees Alshatti, Rashed Alenezi, Omer Dougherty, Ryan Al-Raihan, Abdullah Alotaibi, Salman Tadros, Nardine Longenecker, Joseph C. Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Workplace burnout is a state of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization of others (DP), and low personal accomplishment (PA) owing to workplace stressors. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout and its associated factors among surgical specialists in Kuwait. METHODS: This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of burnout among 489 surgeons in practice at Kuwait Ministry of Health (MOH). Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire. Burnout was assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which defines burnout as having a high score of EE or DP, or a low score of PA; with severe burnout involving all. The associations between burnout or severe burnout with sociodemographic and occupational characteristics were assessed using multivariate binary logistic regression to adjust for potential confounders. RESULTS: Prevalence estimates for burnout and severe burnout were 76.9% (95% Confidence Interval = 72.9–80.7%) and 14.0% (11.0–17.5%), respectively. The prevalence estimates for high EE, high DP, and low PA scores were 44.7, 43.1, and 47.2%, respectively. The prevalence of burnout and severe burnout was highest among neurosurgeons. Burnout was lowest among otolaryngology surgeons and severe burnout was lowest among cardiothoracic surgeons. After adjustment, burnout was associated with younger age, lower income, and more on-calls per month. The four most common sources of stress included less family time, verbal assault, case overload, and highly complicated cases. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of burnout among surgeons in Kuwait MOH hospitals is high. Occupational health programs should use these findings to design and implement interventions that can treat and prevent burnout in this population. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8841660/ /pubmed/35174119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.679834 Text en Copyright © 2022 Akl, Mohiyaldeen, Alshatti, Alenezi, Dougherty, Al-Raihan, Alotaibi, Tadros and Longenecker. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Akl, Amr
Mohiyaldeen, Idrees
Alshatti, Rashed
Alenezi, Omer
Dougherty, Ryan
Al-Raihan, Abdullah
Alotaibi, Salman
Tadros, Nardine
Longenecker, Joseph C.
The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals
title The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals
title_full The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals
title_fullStr The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals
title_full_unstemmed The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals
title_short The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associated Factors Among Surgical Specialists in Kuwait Ministry of Health Hospitals
title_sort prevalence of burnout and its associated factors among surgical specialists in kuwait ministry of health hospitals
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8841660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35174119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.679834
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