The Study on Physician Burnout Types and Possible Subsequent Effects in Nantou Hospitals

• Main Authors: Chen, Chih-Yuan, 陳致遠
• Other Authors: Liao, Hung-En
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/883z7q

碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康產業管理學系長期照護組 === 102 === Objectives: Under the complicate, defensive social and health environment, physicians may bear workloads much heavier than in the past. This study focuses on the association between types of physician burnout (i.e., personal, work-related, and client-related burnout) and self-assessed possible subsequent effects. Hopefully, the results can show the prevalence and patterns of physician burnouts, as well as their association with future effects. Methods: A cross-sectional, structured self-administered questionnaire was designed, targeting any convenient and available physicians working in 3 major hospitals (i.e., a regional hospital, a psychiatric hospital and a district hospital) in Nantou County. A total of 101 employed physicians were surveyed from 15, Feb, 2014 till 15, April, 2014, with 90% response rate. The contents of the questionnaire include the basic information of physicians, Fatigue Scale (i.e., the Chinese version of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, C-CBI), self-assessed physical and mental condition (i.e., BSRS-5), the levels of fatigue effects assessment, and the future help and needs assessment. The SPSS ver.15.0 software was employed to proceed the descriptive and referent analyzes. Results: The prevalence rate of Non-surgeon physician burnout is higher than that of surgeons in both work-related burnout, and client-related burnout. Physicians suffered from work-related burnout will affect their physical (OR=1.095) and mental (OR=1.124) health in the coming year, while physicians suffered from client-related burnout will affect their quality of work performance (OR=1.062) in the coming year. In addition, Physicians self-assessed poor mental health (i.e., BSRS-5 score range from 6 to 9) will significantly affect their working efficiency (OR=0.103) in the coming year. Conclusions: In addition to appropriate sleeping hours and self-adjusting capacity on physical and mental states, physicians in Nantou County desire more economic secure, supportive, and trustful working environment from stakeholders (i.e., employers, Government, and patients).