BURNOUT SYNDROME AMONG MEDICAL COLLEGE FACULTIES IN CHENNAI- A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 8
Abstract
BACKGROUND Burnout is a stress-induced problem commonly found among human service professionals which is characterised by emotional exhaustion, a reduced sense of personal accomplishment and depersonalisation. This study was undertaken to assess the professional burnout and its covariates among medical professionals working in a Medical College, Chennai. MATERIALS AND METHODS It is a cross-sectional study done among 250 faculties working in a private medical college in Chennai. The prevalence of burnout was assessed using self-administered Oldenburg’s burnout inventory (OLBI), which is free to use and internationally validated. A pre-tested Structured Questionnaire was used to assess the factors associated with it and the coping strategies employed. Binary logistic regression analysis was done to calculate adjusted odds ratio to assess association between burnout and the covariates. RESULTS Among the 250 participants, 128 were women and 122 were men with the mean age of 31.9 ± 10.8 years. 42% belonged to medicine-allied fields, 36.4% surgery allied and 21.6% were from pre- and para-clinical department. Among the study group 27.2% experienced burnout, the majority being doctors in medicine allied fields (29.81%). The study showed that prevalence of burnout was higher among women, those suffering from inadequate sleep, those who do not communicate effectively and those unable to deal with anger/ failures. Higher professional burnout was also seen among doctors undermined by colleagues or superiors and those who were unsatisfied with their income. In contrast, marriage seems to be a protective factor with those married having 0.78 times lesser risk of being burnt out. CONCLUSION Professional burnout is a serious issue, which unless properly addressed may impair their quality of life
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Sowmiya K. R, Danshree A, Balaji Arumugam, Devipriya T
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