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[Stress among anesthesiologists in the city of Havana]
1Servicio de Anestesiología, Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico General Freyre de Andrade, La Habana, Cuba.
Objective:
To determine whether or not anesthesiologists are more vulnerable to stress, and whether or not they suffer related psychosomatic symptoms.
Material And Method:
Representative samples of 50 anesthesiologists and 80 other physicians not members of surgical teams in Havana, taken from a stratified randomized sample population. Data on the subjects' vulnerability to stress, anxiety levels and symptoms were collected through psychological testing and questionnaires.
Results:
Data obtained were subjected to statistical analysis, showing that susceptibility to stress was higher among anesthesiologists (64%) than in the control group (40%). Stress levels were also higher among anesthesiologists (60%) than among the controls (43%) and psychosomatic symptoms were highly related.
Conclusion:
Anesthesiologists are subjected to stress that leads to psychosomatic symptoms to a greater extent than are other physicians.