Quality of Life among Surgical Residents at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alajmi, Rakan S; Balkhy, Atheel; Khalifa, Mohammed J; Mikwar, Zaher; Khan, Muhammad Anwar

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2019.854

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“…18,19 Reasons for low HWI quality of working life could be explained because of lack of flexibility, long working hours and high job demands which could interface between home and work responsibility. 4 Another reason which is associated with our study, that almost two thirds of the sample were married and that might lower the subscale of Home-Work interface. A low work-life balance can negatively affect the lives of residents in and around their work environment.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…[1][2][3] In another study, which was published in 2018, it was demonstrated that high levels of stress are strongly connected with depression, burnout and diminished quality of life among residents. [4][5][6][7][8] In a recent study that was conducted in 2019, the research has listed that overall well-being and health statues, increased probability of patients' exposure to possible adverse events, the continuousness of the patients' care post-call and the effect on residents' reliance on memory during night duty, as they preserved as indicators of the negative impact as a result of the 24-hour on-call system. 2 workplace performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Quality of life among pediatric residents in Riyadh

Almhizai

Alnazha

Alharbi

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Until now, no locally based study has evaluated quality of life among pediatric residents, especially pediatric residents in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh. The objective of this study was to evaluate quality of life (QoL) of the pediatric residents and report the factors affecting their quality of life.Methods: A cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire depending study that was distributed electronically to pediatrics resident to assess the quality of life in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The study depended on self-reported questionnaire in which the questions were gathered specifically, from work-related quality of life (WRQoL) scale. To collect data, the self- administered questionnaire was sent through social media (twitter, WhatsApp).Results: In this study, we were able to collect data from 260 residents where 54.2% of them were females. In general, we found that 51.9% of the participants showed good level of QoL while 47.7% showed moderate level of quality of life and only 0.4% showed low levels of QoL. The percentage of residents who showed good quality of life among the six categories; CAW, JCS, HWI, SAW, GWB and WCS were 53.8%, 49.2%, 45.0%, 48.6%, 38.1% and 56.9% respectively. We did not find any significant factors that had impact on quality of working life among the residents.Conclusions: We found that 48.2% of the pediatric residents working in Al Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia showed moderate to low level of work-related QoL. Further studies are needed to determine the causes and improve the work-related quality of life among pediatric residents.

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Quality of life among pediatric residents in Riyadh

Almhizai

Alnazha

Alharbi

et al. 2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…If the problem is faced positively, the quality of life will be good. However, if the problem is faced negatively, the quality of life will also be bad [8], [9], [10]. This study indicated that people with diabetes mellitus before the intervention in the intervention group had a moderate quality of life (56%) and the control group had a poor quality of life by 55%.…”

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confidence: 73%

Motivation Interview Effectiveness and Optimism Efficiency on the Quality of Life of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Amiruddin

Jafar

Ansar

et al. 2021

Open Access Maced J Med Sci

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AIM: This study aims to analyze the quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) through the intervention of motivational interview and efficacy of optimism. METHODS: The type of research is Quasi Experimental - Non-Randomized Control Group Pretest Posttest Design. The sample was T2DM patients, while the treatment was carried out on 50 respondents. Interventions were given in motivational interviews and the effectiveness of optimism. The statistical test used is the two-dependent difference test and two independent mean difference test. RESULTS: The statistical test of the difference between the two independent means showed the sig. value (two tailed) of 0.006. It pointed to a significant difference in post-test between DM patients’ quality of life in the intervention and control groups. Based on the two dependent difference test, the mean showed that the value of sig. (two tailed) 0.000 means a significant difference between DM patients’ quality of life in the intervention and control groups after the post-test. CONCLUSION: There was a substantial relationship between motivational interviewing and optimism efficacy on the quality of diabetes mellitus patients.

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“…The General Surgery Residency Training Program is known to be one of the most challenging programs, which has a huge impact on residents’ quality of life (QoL) during their training years [ 1 ]. In 2012, the World Health Organization defined quality of life (QoL) as the individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of culture, values, personal goals, expectations, standards, and concerns [ 2 ].…”

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“…Until now, there is only one locally based study that has evaluated the quality of life among Saudi surgical field residents in 2019 in King Abdulaziz Medical City (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), but there is no single study done specifically for Saudi general surgery residents in Saudi Arabia as a nationwide study. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life among general surgery residents in Saudi Arabia and address the factors that are negatively affecting their quality of life [ 1 ].…”

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Quality of Life Among Residents of General Surgery Residency Training Program in Saudi Arabia: A Nationwide Study

Al-Faifi,

Nassar,

Alharbi

et al. 2023

Cureus

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Introduction The General Surgery Residency Training Program is known to be one of the most challenging programs, which greatly impacts the resident’s quality of life (QoL) during their training years. Undertraining residents are usually the first providers of patients’ healthcare in medical facilities. They often get exposed to continuous pressure and stress, especially during long working hours. Aim This study aims to evaluate the quality of life (QoL) of general surgery residents in Saudi Arabia and investigate the personal and workplace determinants associated with the level of quality of life. Subjects and methods This cross-sectional study was conducted among general surgery residents in Saudi Arabia. A self-administered online questionnaire was distributed among the target residents. The questionnaire includes sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., gender, region of the training center, and residency level) and Work-Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) scale to measure the residents’ quality of life at work. Results Of the 239 residents, 64.9% were males, and 27.2% were resident level 1. Among WRQoL components, only home-work interface (HWI) (mean score: 9.87 out of 15 points) and general well-being (GWB) (mean score: 20.6 out of 30 points) had average ratings, while control at work (CAW), job and career satisfaction (JCS), stress at work (SAW), and working conditions (WCS) were classified as good. The overall WRQoL was deemed good (mean score: 81.3 out of 115 points). Being a female and practicing residency inside central region were the factors associated with better WRQoL. No significant differences were observed between WRQoL in terms of residency level, marital status, and previous visitation to a psychiatrist or psychologist (p>0.05). Conclusion Nearly one-third of the general surgery residents perceived their WRQoL as good. Female residents practicing in the central region demonstrated better quality of life as compared to the rest of the residents. Further research is needed to establish the level of WRQoL and its effect on general surgery residents during residency training.

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Quality of Life among Surgical Residents at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Cited by 7 publications

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Quality of life among pediatric residents in Riyadh

Motivation Interview Effectiveness and Optimism Efficiency on the Quality of Life of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Quality of Life Among Residents of General Surgery Residency Training Program in Saudi Arabia: A Nationwide Study

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