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Occupational Burnout, Psychological Status and Quality of Life in Primary Care Physicians Working in Outpatient Settings

https://doi.org/10.18087/cardio.2021.6.n1538

Abstract

Aim      To study features of the psychological status, job burnout syndrome (JBS)m and quality of life (QoL) in outpatient physicians.

Material and methods  This cross-sectional study was performed at 16 randomly selected municipal outpatient hospitals of Moscow and included physicians (district physicians, primary care physicians, and cardiologists). The participants signed an informed consent form and then filled out a registration card that included major social and demographic (sex, age, education, position) and professional characteristics (specialization, work experience, qualification category), and questionnaires. The degree of job burnout was evaluated with the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS), and the presence of anxio-depressive symptoms was evaluated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The level of stress was assessed with a visual analogue scale (VAS) in a score range from 0 to 10. The QoL of physicians was assessed with the short version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life (HOQOL-BREF) questionnaire.

Results This study included 108 physicians from 16 municipal outpatient clinics aged 24 to 70 years (mean age, 44.0±13.1 years), mostly women (87.0 %). Among JBS components, a high level of emotional exhaustion was observed in 50.0 % of physicians, a high level of depersonalization in 34.1 %, and a severe reduction of personal accomplishment in 37.5 %. A high level of stress (VAS score ≥7) was observed in 66.3 % of physicians; symptoms of anxiety and depression of any degree (HADS-A and HADS-D subscale score ≥ 8) were found in 23.8 and 22.7 % of participants, respectively. 42.0% of physicians evaluated their QoL lower than “good” and 41.6% of physicians evaluated their health condition lower than “good”. Most of the studied factors did not significantly depend on the gender and the duration of work, except for emotional exhaustion (55.3 % of women and 16.7 % of men; p=0.0086) and a high level of stress (72.2 % of women and 28.6 % of men; р=0.002).

Conclusion      The study showed a high prevalence of personal factors that potentially adversely affect the work of outpatient physicians. These factors included high degrees of stress, anxio-depressive symptoms, job burnout, unsatisfactory QoL, and low satisfaction with own health. Management decisions and actions are required to create the optimum psychological climate at the workplace of physicians, to develop new strategies for prophylaxis and correction of their psychological condition, and to implement comprehensive programs for improving the professional environment to maintain and enhance the mental health and to increase the professional prestige of the medical speciality.

About the Authors

N. V. Pogosova
National Medical Research Center of Cardiology, Moscow
Russian Federation

Deputy General Director for Scientific and Analytical Work and Preventive Cardiology, Professor, MD,PhD



S. S. Isakova
OOO «MSCH 14», Moscow
Russian Federation

therapeutic



O. Y. Sokolova
National Medical Research Center of Cardiology, Moscow
Russian Federation

Leading researcher, Ph.D.



A. K. Ausheva
National Medical Research Center of Cardiology, Moscow
Russian Federation

Leading researcher, Ph.D.



R. A. Zhetisheva
National Medical Research Center of Cardiology, Moscow
Russian Federation

Research assistant



A. A. Arutyunov
https://cardioweb.ru/
National Medical Research Center of Cardiology, Moscow
Russian Federation

Research assistant



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Pogosova N.V., Isakova S.S., Sokolova O.Y., Ausheva A.K., Zhetisheva R.A., Arutyunov A.A. Occupational Burnout, Psychological Status and Quality of Life in Primary Care Physicians Working in Outpatient Settings. Kardiologiia. 2021;61(6):69-78. https://doi.org/10.18087/cardio.2021.6.n1538

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