Article ; Online: Burnout in General Surgery Residents. Survey From the Spanish Association of Surgeons.
Cirugia espanola
2020 Volume 98, Issue 8, Page(s) 442–449
Abstract: Introduction: Physicians, especially surgeons, are significatively affected by burnout. Duty-hour violation, as well as discrimination, abuse and sexual harassment may contribute to burnout. A study about this topic has been published in residents from ... ...
| Title translation | Desgaste profesional o burnout en los residentes de Cirugía General. Encuesta de la Asociación Española de Cirujanos. |
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| Abstract | Introduction: Physicians, especially surgeons, are significatively affected by burnout. Duty-hour violation, as well as discrimination, abuse and sexual harassment may contribute to burnout. A study about this topic has been published in residents from United States, demonstrating a high incidence of burnout. Our objective is to know which is the situation in Spain and to compare it with United States. Methods: Cross-sectional observational study carried out in January-February 2020, based on the responses to a validated survey administered to General Surgery residents in Spain. Results: There are 931 General Surgery Residents. 739 have entered in the survey and 452 (61.2%) eventually responded to it. In any occasion during the training period, 55.1% reported discrimination based on their gender, 8.8% reported racial discrimination, 73.9% reported verbal/psychological abuse, 7.1% reported physical abuse and 16.4% reported sexual harassment. Attending surgeons are the most frequent source of sexual harassment and physical and verbal abuse, whereas patients are the most frequent cause of gender discrimination. Burnout symptoms were reported by 47.6% of residents and 4.6% reported suicidal thoughts. 98% of residents reported duty-hour violations and 47% of them do not have the day off after to be on call. Both of these issues are burnout predictive factors. Conclusions: Mistreatment (discrimination, abuse and harassment) occurs among General Surgery residents during their training period in our country. Every kind of mistreatment is more frequent in Spain than in the United States, with the exception of racial discrimination. It is associated with exceeding weekly duty-hour. It is necessary to know these problems and to avoid them in order to improve work environment of General Surgery training period. |
| MeSH term(s) | Burnout, Professional/diagnosis ; Burnout, Professional/epidemiology ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Emotional Abuse/psychology ; Emotional Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; Female ; Humans ; Incidence ; Internship and Residency/statistics & numerical data ; Male ; Physical Abuse/psychology ; Physical Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; Racism/psychology ; Racism/statistics & numerical data ; Sexism/psychology ; Sexism/statistics & numerical data ; Sexual Harassment/psychology ; Sexual Harassment/statistics & numerical data ; Spain/epidemiology ; Suicidal Ideation ; Surgeons/organization & administration ; Surgeons/psychology ; Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data ; United States/epidemiology ; Workplace/psychology |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publishing date | 2020-05-16 |
| Publishing country | Spain |
| Document type | Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Observational Study |
| ISSN | 2173-5077 |
| ISSN (online) | 2173-5077 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ciresp.2020.04.013 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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