Burnout in the Urology Workforce: Voluntary Survey Results in the United States

Chouhan, Jyoti D.; Anwar, Taha; Jones, A.; Murray, Katie S.

doi:10.1097/upj.0000000000000156

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“…For physicians, it was previously described in the literature that female gender is a risk factor for burnout syndrome (OR 1.329; 95% CI, 1.15-1.52; p < 0.001) [6]. For urologists, some studies revealed a significant difference between genders, with 24% of women reporting severe burnout in contrast to 10% of men (p < 0.001), with the strongest association resulting in females being four times more likely than males to report severe burnout (p = 0.02; 95% CI, 1.30-14.72) [10].…”

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Burnout syndrome in pediatric urology: A perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic — Ibero-American survey

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Journal of Pediatric Urology

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“…By medical specialty, urologist´s burnout reports are between 37% and 78% [6,9,10]. According to the study carried out by the Mayo Clinic, urology presented the seventh-highest rate among physicians and the second among surgical specialties [6].…”

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Burnout syndrome in pediatric urology: A perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic — Ibero-American survey

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Journal of Pediatric Urology

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“…In general, reasons for higher levels of female urologist burnout can include: reporting more stress from lack of time at work, lack of control at work and lack of personal time. 2 Along this point, data have shown that patients of female physicians speak more during office visits and reveal more medical and psychosocial issues. This was shown to increase appointment duration by 10% for female vs male physicians.…”

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“…A recent survey of urologists belonging to the American Urological Association revealed that female urologists reported a significantly higher level of severe burnout than male urologists, identifying lack of personal time as the most common reason for burnout. 2…”

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“…Urologist burnout has been well documented. 1,2 This condition is defined as a psychological syndrome consisting of depersonalization, low personal accomplishment and emotional exhaustion that can occur among individuals working with people. 3 Stressors that contribute to physician burnout in the modern era include but are not limited to: increased nondirect patient care, clerical burden related to the electronic medical record, longer work hours, and decreased work–life balance.…”

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Addressing Burnout in Urology: A Qualitative Assessment of Interventions

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Introduction:We characterized physician burnout among urologists to determine the prevalence and efficacy of specific burnout interventions utilized and to determine involvement of workplaces in effective burnout interventions. Methods:The Western Section of the American Urological Association created an electronic, 29 question workforce survey. Several questions focused on assessing the level of urologist burnout, prevalence of work sponsored burnout interventions and efficacy of specific interventions.Results: A total of 440 responses were received (25.9% response rate); 82.2% of responders were male. The majority of urologists noted some level of burnout (79.5%) with no significant difference between those who reported no burnout vs some level of burnout (p¼0.30). The most commonly tried interventions to reduce burnout were participating in regular physical exercise (76.6%), reading nonmedical literature (67.1%) and decreasing or modifying work hours (52.3%). The interventions most frequently cited as "very effective" were hiring a scribe (62.5%), regular exercise (56.1%) and participating in 1-on-1 gatherings with colleagues outside of work (44.6%). There were no significant differences noted when comparing "very effective" interventions by gender. The interventions most frequently cited as not effective were stress or burnout seminars (26.9%) and meditation/mindfulness training (11.5%); 42.5% reported workplace interventions to help prevent or reduce burnout.Conclusions: Certain practice-changing and personal burnout interventions were noted to be "very effective" in decreasing burnout. Fewer than half of responders noted workplace sponsorship of interventions. Organizational support may lead to increased participation and effectiveness of burnout interventions.

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