Job burnout and related factor among Thai neurosurgery residents
Keywords:
Job burnout, Thai Neurosurgery ResidentAbstract
BACKGROUND: Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. The costs of burnout in medicine include negative effects on a physicianûs psychological and physical health. Burnout may contribute to an increase in the rate of medical errors among residents. However, there is no previous study about the prevalence of burnout among Thai neurosurgery residents.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the level of job burnout and related factors among Thai neurosurgery residents.
METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study, all Thai neurosurgery residents in 2019 were included.
The questionnaires including, demographic, work-related questionnaire, and the Maslach burnout inventory (MBI)-Thai version were sent to all residents. Chi-square test and Binary Logistic regression analysis were performed to analyze the influence of various factors on each burnout dimension (Emotional exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Feeling personal accomplished).
RESULTS: The total number of participants were 71 residents (55.04%) and most of them (71.8%) were males. The mean age of participants was 29.69±2.67 years, and year of medical practices was 5.44±1.9 years. Thai neurosurgery residents had high level of emotional exhaustion (54.9%), high level of depersonalization (46.5%) and high level of feeling personal accomplishment (91.6%). Moreover, the high level of burnout was found in three residents (4.23%). The associated factor with burnout was work overload (on duty hours) OR=6.32 (95% CI 1.27-31.58; p<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: This study revealed that most of Thai neurosurgery residents had high level in all burnout dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and feeling personal accomplishment. Moreover, specifically work overload on duty hours was the only one factor that associated with burnout syndrome. Thus, improvement of work duration on duty hour may prevent or decrease job burnout in Thai neurosurgery resident
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