Burnout and distress in Australian physician trainees: Evaluation of a wellbeing workshop.
Australas Psychiatry
; 27(3): 255-261, 2019 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30854868
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the effectiveness of a workshop intervention to promote wellbeing for Australian physician trainees using a randomized-controlled design.METHODS:
Participants were randomly assigned into intervention and control groups. The intervention group attended a half-day workshop. Outcome measures included depression anxiety stress scale, professional quality of life scale and alcohol use disorders identification test. Demographic and work/life factors were measured. Measurements were recorded at baseline, 3 and 6 months, and the workshop was evaluated by participants.RESULTS:
High rates of burnout (76%) and secondary traumatic stress (91%) were detected among study participants and around half met screening criteria for depression (52%), anxiety (46%) and stress (50%) at baseline. Workshop evaluations showed that participants agreed that the training was relevant to their needs (96%) and met their expectations (92%). There was a small reduction in alcohol use, depression and burnout in the intervention group compared with the control group at 6 months, but these changes did not reach statistical significance.CONCLUSION:
High rates of psychological morbidity detected in the study suggest that physician trainees are a vulnerable group who may benefit from initiatives that promote wellbeing and changes in the workplace to reduce distress.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Physicians
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Stress, Psychological
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Burnout, Professional
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Health Promotion
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
En
Journal:
Australas Psychiatry
Journal subject:
PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
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