| Trend of burnout among Swiss doctors. | |
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PMID: 20809437 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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QUESTION UNDER STUDY: Over the last decade the Swiss health care system has undergone several changes, resulting in stronger economic constraints, a heavier administrative workload and limited work autonomy for doctors. In this context we examined the change in burnout prevalence over time among Swiss doctors surveyed during this period. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey data collected by mail in 2002, 2004 and 2007 throughout the country were used. Measures included the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), several socio-demographics (gender, living alone, having children), and work-related characteristics (number of years in current workplace, hours worked). Answers to the MBI were used to classify respondents into moderate (high score on either the emotional exhaustion or the depersonalisation/cynicism subscale) and high degree of burnout (scores in the range of burnout in all three scales). RESULTS: Rates of moderate-degree burnout increased from 33% to 42% among general practitioners (p = 0.002) and from 19% to 34% among paediatricians (p = 0.001) (high degree of burnout: 4% to 6% [p = 0.17] and 2% to 4% [p = 0.42] respectively). After adjustment for significant socio-demographic and work-related characteristics, an increased risk of moderate burnout was found for doctors surveyed in 2004 and 2007 (OR 1.6, 95%CI 1.3 to 2.0), general practitioners (OR 1.6, 95%CI 1.3 to 2.0) and French-speaking doctors (OR 1.5, 95%CI 1.3 to 1.9). An increased risk of high-degree burnout was found only for general practitioners (OR 1.8, 95%CI 1.05 to 3.0). CONCLUSIONS: Burnout levels among Swiss doctors have increased over the last decade, in particular among French-speaking doctors. |
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Authors:
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F Arigoni; P A Bovier; A P Sappino |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-08-09 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Swiss medical weekly Volume: 140 ISSN: 1424-3997 ISO Abbreviation: Swiss Med Wkly Publication Date: 2010 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-09-02 Completed Date: 2010-11-29 Revised Date: 2011-02-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100970884 Medline TA: Swiss Med Wkly Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: w13070 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland. f.arigoni@bluewin.ch |
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Adult Burnout, Professional / diagnosis, epidemiology*, psychology Cost Control / trends Cross-Sectional Studies Family Characteristics Female General Practitioners / psychology, statistics & numerical data Health Care Reform / economics, trends* Health Surveys Humans Internal Medicine / statistics & numerical data, trends Male Medical Oncology / statistics & numerical data, trends Middle Aged National Health Programs / economics, trends* Pediatrics / statistics & numerical data, trends Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data Physician Impairment / psychology, statistics & numerical data* Professional Autonomy Psychometrics Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors Switzerland Workload / psychology, statistics & numerical data |
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