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The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associations with Psychosocial Work Environment among Kaunas Region (Lithuania) Hospitals’ Physicians

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  • Rasa Žutautienė

    (Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 47181, Lithuania)

  • Ričardas Radišauskas

    (Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 47181, Lithuania)

  • Gintare Kaliniene

    (Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 47181, Lithuania
    Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 47181, Lithuania)

  • Ruta Ustinaviciene

    (Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Public Health Faculty, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 47181, Lithuania)

Abstract

The primary prevention of occupational burnout should be considered as a public health priority worldwide. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of burnout and its associations with the work environment among hospital physicians in the Kaunas region, Lithuania. The cross-sectional study was carried out in 2018. The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) were administered to examine occupational stress and personal, work-related, and client-related burnout among 647 physicians. Logistic regression analysis was applied to determine the association between dependent variable burnout and psychosocial environment among physicians, adjusting for potential confounders of age and gender. The prevalence rate of client-related, work-related, and personal burnout was 35.1%, 46.7%, and 44.8%, respectively. High job control, lack of supervisor, coworker support, job demands, and job insecurity were significantly associated with all three sub-dimensions of burnout. High job demands increased the probability of all three burnout dimensions, high job control reduced the probability of work-related, and client-related burnout and high job insecurity increased the probability of client-related burnout. The confirmed associations suggest that optimization of job demands and job control and the improvement of job security would be effective preventive measures in reducing occupational burnout among physicians.

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  • Rasa Žutautienė & Ričardas Radišauskas & Gintare Kaliniene & Ruta Ustinaviciene, 2020. "The Prevalence of Burnout and Its Associations with Psychosocial Work Environment among Kaunas Region (Lithuania) Hospitals’ Physicians," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-10, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:10:p:3739-:d:362683
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