A survey of more than 25,000 doctors found that 60% of doctors in China have burnout!

Burnout is considered a multidimensional syndrome that combines emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a weakening of personal fulfillment.

A recent study by Zhang Shuyang and others from Peking Union Medical College Hospital among more than 25,000 doctors across the country showed that 60% of doctors had one of the above three symptoms, 11.2% had all three, and 44.1% had a very high degree of burnout.

Further analysis found that male physicians, short working years, working in tertiary hospitals, and workers in psychiatry, intensive care, emergency medicine, internal medicine, oncology and pediatrics were at high risk.

The researchers also found that burnout not only affects the health-related well-being of healthcare workers, but also reduces the ability to achieve broader individual outcomes.

Burnout can also hurt patients.

A study published by Mayo Clin Proc showed that if a doctor has symptoms of burnout, they can more than triple the number of significant medical errors in the past 3 months.

The current study, a non-randomized national sample, used the Maslach Burnout Scale-Service Industry Edition (MBI-HSS) and the index system of self-assessment ability measurement of adults (ICECAP-A) to assess the burnout and healthy quality of life of 25,120 health workers in six provincial administrative regions of West China, Central China and East China.

The MBI-HSS scale includes three areas of assessment: emotional depletion, depersonalization, and personal fulfillment, with higher levels of burnout defined as an emotional burnout score of ≥27 or a depersonalization score of ≥10.

Of the 25,120 health workers, 73.7% were women, 51.3% were aged 26 to 35, and 87.2% had a bachelor's degree or above.

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[1] Xiao Y， Dong D， Zhang H， et al. Burnout and Well-Being Among Medical Professionals in China： A National Cross-Sectional Study. Front Public Health. 2022 Jan 17；9：761706.

[2] Tawfik DS， et al. Physician Bumout， well-being， and work unit safety grades in relationship to reported medical errors. Mayo Clin Proc. Published online July 9， 2018.

Source | Chinese Circulation Magazine