Variables affecting burnout levels among medical doctors working in internal and surgical branches and the relationship of burnout with work engagement and organizational commitment

Abstract

Objective: Burnout has been especially reported in individuals who do "people-work" and medicine is considered among professions that carry a higher risk of burnout. The aims of this study are to investigate variables affecting burnout levels among medical doctors working in internal and surgical branches, and examine the relationship of burnout with work engagement and organizational commitment. Method: Eighty-two medical doctors, working in a private university hospital, were included in the study which was designed as crosssectional. Sociodemographic and professional data forms, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Organizational Commitment Scale and Work Engagement Scale were completed. Results: Three participants who did not fully complete study forms were excluded, and the data of 79 people were evaluated. Among participants, 40 (50.6%) people were working in internal and 39 (49.4%) people in surgical branches. There was no difference between branches, in sociodemographic features and scale scores. Gender and having children were sociodemographic features; income and duration of employment were professional features affecting scale scores. Positive and negative relationships between three scales and their subscales were detected in correlation analyses. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that there is no difference between medical doctors working in internal and surgical branches in burnout; but gender, having children, income and duration of employment may affect burnout level. Organizational commitment and work engagement are among variables affecting burnout level, therefore efforts which will be spent for amelioration in these fields may provide benefit in the reduction of medical doctors' burnout. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) Abstract (Turkish) Amac: Tukenmiliin ozellikle "insanlarla calyan" mesleklerde ortaya cyktyy vurgulamakta, hekimlik tukenmilik acysyndan en fazla risk oluturan meslekler arasynda sayylmaktadyr. Calymamyzda cerrahi ve dahili bran hekimlerinde tukenmilik duzeyini etkileyen deikenleri karylatyrmaly olarak incelemek ve tukenmiliin ie balylyk ve orgutsel balylyk ile ilikisini aratyrmak amaclanmytyr. Gerec ve Yontem: Kesitsel aratyrma olarak planlanan calymaya ozel bir universite hastanesinde calyan 82 hekim dahil edilmitir. Katylymcylara sosyodemografik ve mesleki veri formu, Maslach Tukenmilik Olcei, Orgutsel Balylyk Olcei ve Ye Balylyk Olcei doldurtulmutur. Bulgular: Formlary tam doldurmamy olan 3 kii calyma dyynda byrakylarak 79 kiinin verileri deerlendirilmeye alynmytyr. Katylymcylardan 40'y (%50.6) dahili, 39'u (%49.4) cerrahi branlarda calymakta olup branlar arasynda sosyodemografik ozellikler ve olcek puanlary acysyndan fark saptanmady. Cinsiyet ve cocuk sahibi olma olcek puanlaryny etkileyen sosyodemografik ozellikler, gelir duzeyi, statu meslekte calyma suresi olcek puanlaryny etkileyen mesleki ozellikler arasyndaydy. Korelasyon analizlerinde her uc olcek arasynda pozitif ve negatif yonde ilikiler saptandy. Sonuc: Bulgularymyz dahili ve cerrahi bran hekimleri arasynda tukenmilik acysyndan anlamly fark bulunmadyyny, cinsiyet, cocuk sahibi olma, gelir duzeyi ve meslekte calyma suresinin tukenmilik duzeyini etkilediini gostermektedir. Orgutsel balylyk ve ie balylyk da tukenmilik duzeyini etkileyen deikenler arasyndadyr ve dolayysyyla bu iki onemli alanda iyilemeye yonelik yapylacak calymalar hekimlerin tukenmilik duzeyini azaltmada katky salayacaktyr. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)