Open AccessA Survey Evaluating Burnout, Health Status, Depression, Reported Alcohol and Substance Use, and Social Support of Anesthesiologists
Author(s) -
Steve Alan Hyman,
Matthew S. Shotwell,
Damon R. Michaels,
Xue Han,
Elizabeth Card,
Jennifer L. Morse,
Matthew B. Weinger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000002298
Subject(s) - burnout , medicine , emotional exhaustion , respondent , mental health , family medicine , health care , nursing , psychiatry , clinical psychology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Burnout affects all medical specialists, and concern about it has become common in today's health care environment. The gold standard of burnout measurement in health care professionals is the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS), which measures emotional exhaustion, depersonalization (DP), and personal accomplishment. Besides affecting work quality, burnout is thought to affect health problems, mental health issues, and substance use negatively, although confirmatory data are lacking. This study evaluates some of these effects.