ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Burnout in French General Practitioners: A Nationwide Prospective Study.
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- The influence of burnout on cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Healthcare Workers following the First SARS-CoV Epidemic of 2003: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Burnout prevalence in 2012, 2018 and 2024 among general practitioners in Norway and factors associated with burnout.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- General practitioners' acceptability to handle unscheduled visits: a french nationwide cross-sectional survey.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Digital stress perception and associations with work- and health-related outcomes among general practitioners in Germany: a quantitative study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of Burnout Syndrome in Medical Personnel.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Workload and GP burnout: a survey and register-based study in Danish general practice.BJGP open · 2024Article
- The relationship between general practitioner movement behaviours with burnout and fatigue.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- High prevalence of burnout syndrome in Czech general practitioners: A cross-sectional survey.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Cannabis Use in Physicians: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Burnout among French dermatologists: A national study.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2023Article
- Only private life settings positively affect quality of life of French women general practitioners.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe aimed to evaluate the prevalence of burnout among French general practitioners in private practice and to study the risk and protective factors of burnout.
methodsA nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted with French GPs working in a private practice in France who were asked to fulfil an internet questionnaire. We used the secure internet application REDCap
resultsWe included 1926 GPs among the 2602 retrieved questionnaires. A total of 44.8% of French liberal GPs were experiencing burnout, with 4.8% (95%CI 3.9-5.9%) experiencing severe burnout. The risk factors of severe burnout were male gender (RR = 1.91, 95%CI 1.15-3.16), working in a suburban area (5.23, 2.18-12.58), and having more than 28 appointments per day (1.95, 1.19-3.19). Working more than 50 h weekly showed a tendency to increase the risk of severe burnout (1.55, 0.93-2.59,
conclusionGPs are at a high risk of burnout, with nearly half of them in burnout, with burnout predominantly affecting males and those between the ages of 50 and 60 years old. The main risk factors were a high workload with more than 28 appointments per day or 50 h of work per week, and the main protective factors were related to social cohesion such having a teaching role and working in a group practice with back-office support.
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