Documents Complaining Fatigue, Consider Leaving Professionals: Canadian Studies
The study was based on a survey response from 302 internal medical doctors who worked for Vancouver General Hospital and St Paul Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia.
More than two-thirds of doctors complained of burnout feelings with more than 20% considering leaving the medical profession because of stress caused by a Pandemic Covid-19, according to a new Canadian study.
This study, published in the BMJ Journal Open, found that “Burnout is common among 68% of doctors and records more than 20% of doctors surveyed considering to quit professions, or have come out of the position”, according to the University of British Columbia (UBC ). “During the Covid-19 pandemic, although most of the respondents we felt personal achievements, fatigue and high emotional fatigue,” the research said.
Main Researcher Dr. Nadia Khan, Professor of General Internal Medicine in UBC, said, “I think this problem is not unique to only two hospitals. It is widespread. I would say global. It is also not only among the doctors but it is possible to influence workers Other health. “
He also noted that the Coronavirus crisis has increased the fatigue of the doctor, an increase phenomenon even before the pandemic hit.
The study was based on a survey response of 302 internal medical doctors who worked for Vancouver General Hospital and St Paul Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia between August and October 2020.
Burnout is defined as “work syndrome characterized by emotional and controlling fatigue – which is less concerned with work. This also affects the sense of worker’s personal achievements”.
Women and younger doctors are more likely to feel the impact, as burnout “is common among 71% of women compared to 64% of men”. It was also found high, at 74%, among younger doctors, aged between 36 and 50 years. Meanwhile, the minority doctor who looks to have Odds 1.8 times higher in feeling a low personal achievement compared to white respondents.
Among the other survey findings, 63% of respondents reported emotional fatigue, 39% reported a lack of care for work, or deersonalization, and 22% reported a feeling of low personal achievements.
This study shows “Burnout prevalence and its components in current research are generally higher than reported before the pandemic”.
Systematic Review 176 Studies from 2018 reported the overall value prevalence of 48.7%, while the recent meta-analysis of 22,778 medical and surgical residents identified 51% aggregate prevalence before the pandemic.
