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Association of resilience and psychological flexibility with surgeons' mental wellbeing.

Maddy Greville-Harris, Catherine Withers, Agata Wezyk, Kevin Thomas, Helen Bolderston, Amy Kane, Sine McDougall, Kevin J Turner

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Article in BJS open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06818539 (Burnout in Hospital-based Nursing and Medical Personnel and Trainees), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT06818539 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Burnout in Hospital-based Nursing and Medical Personnel and Trainees: A Mixed Methods Approach

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of LimerickRan2025 to 2025Enrolled650ConditionsStress, Burnout
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Surgeon Burnout and Relationships: A Missing Component in the Ongoing Conversation.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Maddy Greville-HarrisDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Catherine WithersDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Agata WezykDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Kevin ThomasDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Helen BolderstonDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Amy KaneDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Sine McDougallDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
Kevin J TurnerDepartment of Psychology, Poole House, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-9177-3917

Funding

Nuffield Health BournemouthUniversity Hospitals Dorset
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExisting research highlights the link between certain personality traits and mental health in surgeons. However, little research has explored the important role of psychological skills and qualities in potentially explaining this link. A cross-sectional survey of UK-based surgeons was used to examine whether two such skills (psychological flexibility and resilience) helped to explain why certain personality traits might be linked to mental health in surgeons.

methodAn online survey comprising measures of personality (neuroticism, extraversion and conscientiousness), psychological skills/qualities (psychological flexibility and resilience) and mental health (depression, anxiety, stress and burnout) was sent to surgeons practising in the UK. Mediation analyses were used to examine the potential mediating role of psychological flexibility and resilience in explaining the relationship between personality factors and mental health.

resultsA total of 348 surgeons completed the survey. In all 12 mediation models, psychological flexibility and/or resilience played a significant role in explaining the relationship between personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion and conscientiousness) and mental health (depression, anxiety and burnout).

conclusionFindings suggest that it is not only a surgeon's personality that is associated with their mental health, but the extent to which a surgeon demonstrates specific psychological qualities and skills (psychological flexibility and resilience). This has important implications for improving surgeons' mental wellbeing, because psychological flexibility and resilience are malleable, and can be successfully targeted with interventions in a way that personality traits cannot.

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Burnout, ProfessionalMental HealthPersonalityResilience, PsychologicalSurgeonsAdultAnxietyCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited Kingdom

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PMID39041733
PMCPMC11264141

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