PROFESSIONAL STRESS AND BURN-OUT SYNDROME AMONG EMPLOYEES IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL KASPELA

Abstract

Purpose: The contemporary work place creates a challenge towards physicians and their teams. They are forced into a situation, in which to be competitive they must have skills outside of their medical specialty, such as health management, pedagogy, information and communication technologies. Methods: An adapted 55 question questionnaire was used and analyzed with One-way ANOVA, Correlation and multiple regression analysis in SPSS. Results and conclusion: Despite the physicians and their teams reporting high levels of workload and stress, the satisfaction from work hasn’t diminished and the evaluation for the quality of provided work is still high. Additional research into the topic is required with focus on comparison between hospital physicians and primary care physicians.

Keywords

• stress
• burnout syndrome
• medical professionals