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Burnout and Other Types of Emotional Distress among Physicians

Samuel Ofei-Dodoo, PhD, MPA, CPH University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Department of Family and Community Medicine

What is Job Burnout?

What is Job Burnout?

What is Job Burnout?

The Three Key Dimensions

• Overwhelming exhaustion
• Feelings of cynicism and detachment from the

job

• Sense of ineffectiveness and lack of

accomplishment.

National Burnout Rates

45.5% 54.4% 43.9% 28.6% 28.4% 28.1%

0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 2011 2014 2017

Percentage

Burnout Rates: 2011-2017

US Physicians US Workers

Shanafelt et al. 2019; in press.

Objective

• Discuss the burnout rates among medical

students, resident-physicians, and practicing physician in Sedgwick County

Methods

• Used Abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory

(MBI-9).

• Three dimensions:

– Emotional exhaustion – Depersonalization/cynicism – Perception of personal accomplishment

Methods: MSSC

• 872 active member physicians of MSSC.
• Email with link to survey.

– 442 opened the email

• 197 physicians responded

MSSC Results

• Participation rate: 45% (197/442).
• Response rate: 22% (197/872).
• Study generally represented MSSC active

member population.

MSSC Results

Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of Responding Physicians Characteristics Responders (N = 197) Sex, No. (%) Male 106 (53.8) Female 77 (39.1) Missing 14 (7.1) Age, years Age group, No. (%) (n = 184) 25-34 8 (4.3) 35-44 54 (29.3) 45-54 46 (25.0) 55-64 54 (29.3) ≥65 22 (12.0) Years in Practice, No. (%) 1−9 37 (18.8) 10−19 59 (29.9) 20−29 44 (22.3) ≥30 41 (20.8) Missing 16 (8.1) Hours worked per week Range, No. (%) <40 17 (8.6) 40-49 38 (19.3) 50-59 59 (29.9) 60-69 39 (19.8) 70-79 13 (6.6) ≥80 17 (8.6) Missing 14 (7.1) Specialty, No. (%) Family medicine 48 (24.4) All other specialties 135 (68.5) Missing 14 (7.1)

MSSC Burnout Rates

31.2 54.8 18.3 23.1 18.3 17.2 45.7 26.9 64.5

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Emotional Exhaustion Depersonalization Personal Accomplishment

Low Intermediate High

MSSC Burnout Rates

49.5% of 197

MSSC Burnout Rates by Age Groups

Age groups Burnout Rates 25-34 years 50% (4/8) 35-44 years 55.6% (30/54) 45-54 years 56.5% (26/46) 55-64 years 51.9% (28/54) 65 and over 13.6% (3/22)

KUSM-W Medical Resident Study

• How do GME programs at KUSM-W burnout

rates compared to the national data?

Methods

Same methodology as MSSC study

Methods: KUSM-W

• 280 resident-physicians.
• Surveyed April to May 2017.
• 131 residents completed the survey
• Response rate: 47% (131/280).

KUSM-W Resident Burnout Rates

33.6 32.1 28.2 29.8 27.5 20.6 36.6 40.5 51.1

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Emotional Exhaustion Depersonalization Personal Accomplishment

Low Intermediate High

KUSM-W Resident Burnout Rates

51.1% of 131

MSSC vs. KUSM-W Burnout Rates

Burnout Dimensions MSSC KUSM-W P-value Emotional Exhaustion 45.7% 36.6% 0.10 Depersonalization 26.9% 40.5% 0.011* Personal accomplishment 45.7% 51.1% 0.33

Burnout Rates: National vs MSSC vs KUSM-W

43.9 49.5 51.1

40 42 44 46 48 50 52

National MSSC KUSM-W Residents

Percentage

KUSM Medical Students Study

• Determine how the rates of burnout among

KUSM medical students compared to the previously published national data.

Methods

Same methodology as MSSC and KUSM-W Studies

Methods: KUSM Medical Students

• 872 KUSM medical students.
• Surveyed July to September 2018.
• Email with link to survey.

– All students

• A critical value of 0.05 two-tailed for all

inferential statistics.

KUSM Medical Student Results

• Overall response rate: 43.5% (379/872)

– KC students: 40.5% (259/639) – ICT students: 48.8% (98/201) – Salina students: 28.1% (9/32)

• Study sample generally represent the overall

KUSM medical students’ population.

KUSM Medical Student Results by Campus

Campus Location Burnout Rates Kansas City 48.3% (125/258) Wichita 50.0% (49/98) Salina 33.3% (3/9)

KUSM Medical Student Burnout Rates by year of training

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 First Year Second Year Third Year Fourth Year

Percentages

High Emotional Exhaustion High Depersonalization Burnout

KUSM Medical Student Burnout Rates: All Years

42.7 26.5 48.0

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 High Emotional Exhaustion High Depersonalization Burnout

Percentage

Other Types of Emotional Distress Among MSSC Active Members

Other Findings of the MSSC Study (N = 197)

45 44 43 5

10 20 30 40 50

Screened positive for depression Excessive fatigue during the past week Loneliness Suicidal ideation Percentage

Why is this Topic of Burnout Important?

• Depression: 2.43 (72.6% vs 30.4%; P < 0.01)
• Fatigue: 1.89 (67.5% vs 35.8%; P < 0.01)
• Loneliness: 2.19 (70.2% vs 49.5%; P < 0.01)
• Suicidal Ideation: 2.13 (100% vs 46.9%, P <

0.01)

Why is this Topic of Burnout Important?

• Patient care

–Lower care quality –Medical errors –Longer recovery times –Lower patient satisfaction

Why is this Topic of Burnout Important?

• Health Care System

– Reduced physician productivity – Increased physician turnover – Less patient access – Increased costs (4.6 billion)3

Causes of Burnout4

• Work-life imbalance
• System issues
• Difficult patient population
• Unrealistic expectations

Wellness Promotion3

• Administrative, program & system changes
• Enhanced leadership & faculty/resident

relations

• Promotion of healthy/mindfulness activities

References

1.

Shanafelt et al. Changes in burnout and satisfaction with work-life integration in physicians and the general US working population between 2011 and 2017. 2. Maslach C & Leiter MP. New insights into burnout and health care: Strategies for improving civility and alleviating burnout, Med Teach. 2017;39(2):160-163. 3. Han S et al. Estimating the Attributable Cost of Physician Burnout in the United States. Ann Intern Med. 2019;170(11):784-790. 4. Ofei-Dodoo, S, Callaway P, Engels K. Prevalence and etiology of burnout in a community-based graduate medical education system: A mixed method study. Family Medicine 2019; in press.

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