The status of occupational burnout among doctors in west China and its relationship with work-family conflict
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2012.03.024
- VernacularTitle:中国西部地区医生的职业倦怠与工作家庭冲突的相关研究
- Author:
Hao CHENG
;
Hui MA
;
Ning ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Occupational burnout;
West China;
Doctor;
Social support;
Work-family conflict
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2012;21(3):262-264
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current situation of occupational burnout of doctors in west China and to explore the relationships among burnout,social support and work-family conflicts.Methods 611 doctors in west China were assessed by Chinese Maslach burnout inventory( CMBI),social support rating scale(SSRS) and work-interference-with-family and family-interference-with-work questionnaire.Results 14.1％ of the doctors in west China got high scores on emotional exhaustion(EE),49.4％ of them high scores on depersonalization(DP) and 33.1％ high scores on reduced personal accomplishment (RPA) ; 27.3％ experienced mild burnout,43.7％ moderate burnout and 3.3％ severe burnout.Doctors who had worked for 5 ～ 10 years and those for 11 ～ 20 years experienced greater EE.Those doctors with bachelor or master degree and intermediate or senior titles got highest level of depersonalization.Doctors in second-class hospitals got highest scores of depersonalization,and those who worked in first-class hospital experienced the highest sense of achievement.Logistic regression analysis showed that social support was a protective factor for burnout,but the conflict between work and family was a risk factor.Conclusion The status of occupational burnout among the doctors in west China is in a grave condition,the balance between family and work,and social supporting is crucial for doctors to resist the occupational burnout.
