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Anita Gębska Kuczerowska1,2, Hanna Rozenek3, Monika Frajnt-Dąbrowska4
1Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Collegium Medicum.
Introduction:
This observational study was ordered by the Medical Practitioners' Chamber in Warsaw.
The Objective:
of the study was to evaluate the problem of professional burnout of physicians correlation between professional burnout and features of personality.
Material And Methods:
Professional burnout was considered relative to different features of personality. This study was initially carried out from 2005-2008, but further analysis of burnout and personality was carried out from 2017-2018. The research tools were anonymous, validated questionnaires. The sample size was based on the size of the population- the registry of the Regional Chamber of Medical Practitioners and literature on burnout prevalence. The respondents' work places were randomly selected from the Mazovian District register.
Results:
The test on burnout was completed by 378 respondents, while 62 subjects completed a personality test. Results showed that burnout syndrome was an occupational problem for healthcare workers. Professional burnout affected as many as 42% of respondents (n = 158). It affected two age groups in particular: physicians up to 31 years old and individuals aged 41-50. Moreover, neuroticism was found to be significantly related to burnout syndrome.
Conclusion:
burnout syndrome is common among professionally active medical practitioners, and neuroticism may be correlated with burnout syndrome.
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