Burnout Syndrome in Specialist Doctors

Introduction: According to recent statistics, more than 80 % of medical doctors are currently subject to occupational burnout.

Objective: To study the features of job burnout among physicians and surgeons in a specialized hospital.

Materials and Methods: The study population comprised seven groups consisting of 52 gastroenterologists, 58 cardiologists, 48 medical oncologists, 71 general surgeons, 30 cardiac surgeons, 65 surgical oncologists, and 75 controls of engineering, technical and economic specialties. The level of occupational burnout among medical workers was assessed using the Boyko method. The statistical analysis was carried out using the programming language and environment R v.4.4.1, RStudio 2024.09.1+394. The chi-square test was used to compare the percentages.

Results: Surgeons were noted for a more rapid formation of job burnout phases. Surgical oncologists were at the highest risk of rapid formation of phases leading to exhaustion. When assessing tension, resistance and exhaustion phases in cardiac surgeons based on the Boyko test, we established that the stress phase was forming in 70.0 % and had formed in 13.3 %, the resistance phase was forming in 40.0 % and had formed in 43.33 %, while the exhaustion phase was forming in 96.67 % of the respondents; no surgeons with an already developed exhaustion phase were identified in this group.

Conclusion: Knowledge of the differences in the severity of occupational burnout for different groups of physicians and surgeons of various specialties can be used in developing burnout prevention programs for health professionals.

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