ReviewAnaesthesia2021
Impact of the intersection of anaesthesia and gender on burnout and mental health, illustrated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Review in Anaesthesia, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- The gender gap in academic anesthesiology and critical care medicine: a systematic review.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025Pooled it
- SARS/MERS/SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks and Burnout Syndrome among Healthcare Workers. An Umbrella Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Influence of the pandemic on the mental health of professional workers.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Association of impostor phenomenon and burnout among Swiss residents and junior anaesthesiologists: results of a cross-sectional survey.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Observational
- [Work, mental health, quality of life, and social support of community health agents during and after the COVID-19 pandemic under a gender perspective].Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- Transcriptional and neurotransmitter signatures of cerebral spontaneous neural activity in nurses with burnout.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Burnout in Academic Physicians.The Permanente journal · 2023Review
- Queer(ing) medical spaces: queer theory as a framework for transformative social change in anesthesiology and critical care medicine.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2023Article
- Evaluation of psychological impact of COVID-19 on anesthesiology residents in the United States.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Healthcare Workers' Perceptions and Medically Approved COVID-19 Infection Risk: Understanding the Mental Health Dimension of the Pandemic. A German Hospital Case Study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- A One-Year Prospective Study of Work-Related Mental Health in the Intensivists of a COVID-19 Hub Hospital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the development of burnout syndrome in healthcare providers: prevalence and predictive factors.La Tunisie medicaleArticle
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Physician burnout and poor mental health are prevalent and often stigmatised. Anaesthetists may be at particular risk and this is further increased for women anaesthetists due to biases and inequities within the specialty. However, gender-related risk factors for and experiences of burnout and poor mental health remain under-researched and under-reported. This negatively impacts individual practitioners, the anaesthesia workforce and patients and carries significant financial implications. We discuss the impact of anaesthesia and gender on burnout and mental health using the COVID-19 pandemic as an example illustrating how women and men differentially experience stressors and burnout. COVID-19 has further accentuated the gendered effects of burnout and poor mental health on anaesthetists and brought further urgency to the need to address these issues. While both personal and organisational factors contribute to burnout and poor mental health, organisational changes that recognise and acknowledge inequities are pivotal to bolster physician mental health.
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