Level of Burn Out of Surgical Residents Working in Government Hospitals of Lahore

NCT ID: NCT02204592

Last Updated: 2016-02-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 133 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2014-12-31
• Study Completion Date: 2015-10-31

Brief Summary

The term burnout was coined by psychologist Herbert Freudenberger in 1974 in an article entitled "Staff Burnout" in which he discussed job dissatisfaction precipitated by work-related stress. A broadly applicable description defines burnout as a state of mental and physical exhaustion related to work or care giving activities. A long-standing conceptual and operational definition characterized burnout as a triad of emotional exhaustion (emotional over extension and exhaustion), depersonalization (negative, callous, and detached responses to others), and reduced personal accomplishment (feelings of competence and achievement in one's work) In the World Health Organization International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, burnout is defined as a "state of vital exhaustion." Although no specific diagnosis of burnout is mentioned in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, burnout is a clear syndrome with significant consequences.

Burnout in health care professionals has gained significant attention over the last several years. Given the intense emotional demands of the work environment, clinicians are particularly susceptible to developing burnout above and beyond usual workplace stress. Residency training, in particular, can cause a significant degree of burnout, leading to interference with individuals' ability to establish rapport, sort through diagnostic dilemmas, and work though complex treatment decision making. Overall, burnout is associated with a variety of negative consequences including depression, risk of medical errors, and negative effects on patient safety. The goal of this review is to provide medical educators and leaders with an overview of the existing factors that contribute to burnout, the impact of burnout, inter specialty variation, and suggestions for interventions to decrease burnout.

Conditions

Burn Out Syndrome

Study Design

• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• General Surgical resident

Exclusion Criteria

• Residents of all other specialties
• All the General surgical consultants

• Minimum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Services Hospital, Lahore

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. SamiUllah

Medical Officer

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Sami Ullah, MBBS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

SIMS/SHL

Locations

Hospitals

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

RBO101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id