High level of burnout in intensivists: prevalence and associated factors

Autor: Elie Azoulay, Nathalie Embriaco, Karine Barrau, Laurent Papazian, Nancy Kentish, Anderson Loundou, Frédéric Pochard
Přispěvatelé: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite [CHU - APHM] (Hôpitaux Sud ), Service de réanimation médicale, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Santé Publique et maladies Chroniques : Qualité de vie Concepts, Usages et Limites, Déterminants (SPMC), Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Département de Sociologie, Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2, Maison de Solenn [CHU Cochin], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP], Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Vesin, Aurélien
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
Předmět:
Male
health care facilities
manpower
and services

Burnout
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
MESH: Occupational Exposure
0302 clinical medicine
MESH: Health Surveys
Risk Factors
MESH: Risk Factors
Prevalence
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Burnout
Professional

Response rate (survey)
MESH: Middle Aged
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases
Female
France
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult
MESH: Occupational Diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Critical Care
Health Personnel
education
Intensivist
Occupational burnout
03 medical and health sciences
Nursing
Intensive care
Occupational Exposure
Severity of illness
MESH: Burnout
Professional

Humans
MESH: Intensive Care
MESH: Prevalence
MESH: Humans
business.industry
Stressor
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
MESH: Adult
Odds ratio
Health Surveys
MESH: Male
MESH: France
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Family medicine
MESH: Health Personnel
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
business
MESH: Female
Zdroj: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Thoracic Society, 2007, 175 (7), pp.686-92. ⟨10.1164/rccm.200608-1184OC⟩
ISSN: 1073-449X
1535-4970
Popis: International audience; RATIONALE: Professional burnout is a psychological syndrome arising in response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job. There is the perception that intensivists are particularly exposed to stress because lives are literally in their hands. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence and associated factors (patients or organization) of burnout among physicians working in intensive care units (ICUs) (including interns, residents, fellows, and attending physicians). METHODS: A 1-day national survey was conducted in adult ICUs in French public hospitals. MEASUREMENTS: The level of burnout was evaluated on the basis of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). MAIN RESULTS: A total of 189 ICUs participated and 978 surveys were returned (82.3% response rate). A high level of burnout was identified in 46.5% of the respondents. Ordinal logistic regression showed that female sex (odds ratio, 1.58; 95% confidence interval, 1.09 to 2.30) was independently associated with a higher MBI score. Whereas no factor related to the severity of illness of patients was retained by the model, organizational factors were strongly associated with a higher MBI score. Workload (the number of night shifts per month, a long period of time from the last nonworking week, night shift the day before the survey) and impaired relationships (such as conflict with another colleague intensivist, and/or with a nurse) were the variables independently associated with a higher MBI score. In contrast, the quality of the relationships with chief nurses and nurses was associated with a lower MBI score. CONCLUSIONS: Approximately one-half of the intensivists presented a high level of burnout. Organizational factors, but not factors related to the patients, appeared to be associated with burnout.
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