SynthesisJournal of global health2021
Physician burnout in the Eastern Mediterranean region: influence of gender and related factors - Systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Working in corona-designated departments in a fortified underground hospital: Concerns about corona and predictors of job burnout.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in Burnout Among Endocrinologists in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Occupational Burnout and Productivity Loss: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Academic University Staff.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Prevalence of Burnout in Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgeons.Strategies in trauma and limb reconstructionArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWhile recent reviews highlight high burnout prevalence among physicians in the World Health Organization's (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), there has been a limited exploration into the role of gender and related factors in this problem.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the prevalence of physician burnout and its relationship to gender, physician specialties, and age in the WHO's EMR based on the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews. We searched PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and Al Manhal databases and synthesized the findings from the included studies.
resultsAmong the 78 studies included, data was available from 16/22 (72.7%) countries and territories in the EMR covering a total of 16 016 physicians. The pooled prevalence of overall burnout among physicians in the region was estimated to be 24.5%. Among the sub-components of burnout, we estimated a high pooled prevalence of 44.26% for emotional exhaustion followed by 37.83% for depersonalization and 36.57% for low personal achievement. There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalence across the countries in the EMR and among the sub-categories of specialist medical practitioners. There was no statistically significant difference across the two genders at a regionally aggregated level.
conclusionsThe levels of physician burnout including the three sub-components in EMR are high by any standards. Based on our review of available studies, it is difficult to ascertain gender differences with certainty in burnout levels among physicians in the EMR nations. There is a need for better quality studies in this area.
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