EVALUATION OF EMOTIONAL BURNOUT IN DOCTORS AND INTERNS AT THE STAGE OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11603/me.2414-5998.2019.2.10355Keywords:
doctors, intern doctors, emotional burnout, anxiety, depressionAbstract
Today, it is known that the syndrome of emotional burnout associated with the professional activity of a physician, characterized by emotional exhaustion and leads to a reduction in the effectiveness of the work. The research was conducted at the Department of Family Medicine and General Practice of Odesa National Medical University. According to the design, the study involved 80 doctors who had a different work experience. All doctors conducted an anonymous survey, according to the questionnaire developed at the department. Doctors had no differences in indicators other than the indicator of professional success (PS), doctors, with the work experience were significantly higher than in the group which included interns (p˂0.01). Additionally, it was found that 22 % of doctors have a subclinical manifestation of anxiety and 12 % have anxiety disorder. Male therapists are more resistant to stressful work and emotional burnout, as evidenced by significantly lower rates of anxiety depression, emotional exhaustion than female doctors (p˂0.001). We have similar data with regard to male interns with lower levels of anxiety and depersonalization (p˂0.001). In practical and theoretical work of doctors it is necessary to introduce trainings aimed at improving the psychological state of doctors and helping to overcome or reduce emotional burnout.
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