Burnout in medical residents: a study based on the job demands-resources model

Panagiotis Zis, Fotios Anagnostopoulos, Panagiota Sykioti, Panagiotis Zis, Fotios Anagnostopoulos, Panagiota Sykioti

Abstract

Purpose: Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job. The purpose of our cross-sectional study was to estimate the burnout rates among medical residents in the largest Greek hospital in 2012 and identify factors associated with it, based on the job demands-resources model (JD-R).

Method: Job demands were examined via a 17-item questionnaire assessing 4 characteristics (emotional demands, intellectual demands, workload, and home-work demands' interface) and job resources were measured via a 14-item questionnaire assessing 4 characteristics (autonomy, opportunities for professional development, support from colleagues, and supervisor's support). The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout.

Results: Of the 290 eligible residents, 90.7% responded. In total 14.4% of the residents were found to experience burnout. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that each increased point in the JD-R questionnaire score regarding home-work interface was associated with an increase in the odds of burnout by 25.5%. Conversely, each increased point for autonomy, opportunities in professional development, and each extra resident per specialist were associated with a decrease in the odds of burnout by 37.1%, 39.4%, and 59.0%, respectively.

Conclusions: Burnout among medical residents is associated with home-work interface, autonomy, professional development, and resident to specialist ratio.

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Conceptual model of residents' burnout adopted in our study.

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