The impact of burnout syndrome on practitioners working within rural healthcare systems.
Am J Emerg Med
; 38(3): 582-588, 2020 03.
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| ID: mdl-31706660
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Burnout syndrome (BOS) affects up to 50% of healthcare practitioners. Limited data exist on BOS in paramedics/firstresponders, or others whose practice involves trauma. We sought to assess the impact of BOS in practitioners of rural healthcare systems involved in the provision of trauma care within West Virginia.METHODS:
A 3-part survey was distributed at two regional trauma conferences in 2018. The survey consisted of 1) Demographic/occupational items, 2) The Mini Z Burnout Survey, and 3) elements measuring the impact, and supportive infrastructure to prevent and/or manage BOS.RESULTS:
Response rate was 74.7% (127/170 attendees). Respondents included emergency medical services (EMS) (44.9%), nurses (37.8%), and physicians (9.4%). Overall, 31% reported BOS - physicians (45.5%), EMS (35.1%), and nurses (25.0%). Most agreed that BOS impacts the health of medical professionals (99.2%) and presents a barrier to patient care (97.6%). Those with BOS reported higher stress (pâ¯<â¯0.001), chaos at work (pâ¯<â¯0.001), and excessive documentation time at home (pâ¯<â¯0.001). Fewer respondents with BOS reported job satisfaction (pâ¯<â¯0.001), control over workload (pâ¯=â¯0.001), sufficient time for documentation (pâ¯≤0.001), value alignment with institutional leadership (pâ¯=â¯0.001), and team efficiency (pâ¯=â¯0.004). Unique factors for BOS in EMS included lack of control over workload (pâ¯=â¯0.032), poor value alignment with employer (pâ¯=â¯0.002), lack of efficient teamwork (pâ¯=â¯0.006), and excessive time documenting at home (pâ¯=â¯0.003).CONCLUSIONS:
Burnout syndrome impacts rural healthcare practitioners, regardless of discipline. These data highlight a need to address the entire team and implement occupation-specific approaches for prevention and treatment. Further prospective study of these findings is warranted.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Médicos
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Agotamiento Profesional
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Carga de Trabajo
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Servicios de Salud Rural
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Satisfacción en el Trabajo
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Año:
2020
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Article