Survey of practice-related stress among United States and European ophthalmologists

Stewart, William C.; Adams, Michelle P.; Stewart, Jeanette A.; Nelson, Lindsay A.

doi:10.1007/s00417-011-1686-9

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“…In example, one recent study reported no differences in the extent of practice stress between European and US physicians. However, it was also reported that European physicians cite "hospital and clinic administration" and "local/national government" as a stress, while the most common causes of stress in the USA are reported as "financial reimbursement" and "local/national government" (Stewart et al, 2011). Physicians in Taiwan and China experience high levels of burnout (Chen et al, 2013;Wang et al, 2014) as well.…”

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They did not start the fire: reviewing and resolving the issue of physician stress and burnout

Babyar

2017

JHOM

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Purpose Physician stress and burnout is a serious and common concern in healthcare, with over half of physicians in the USA meeting at least one criterion for burnout. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach A review on current state of physician stress and burnout research, from 2008 to 2016, was undertaken. A subsequent perspective paper was shaped around these reviews. Findings Findings reveal research strength in prevalence and incidence with opportunities for stronger intervention studies. While descriptive studies on causes and consequences of physician burnout are available, studies on interventions and prevention of physician burnout are lacking. Future research on physician stress and burnout should incorporate intervention studies and take care to avoid limitations found in current research. Accountability and prevention of physician burnout is the responsibility of the healthcare industry as a whole, and organizational strategies must be emphasized in future research. Originality/value The value of this research comes in the original comprehensive review, international inclusion and succinct summary of physician burnout research and strategies.

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They did not start the fire: reviewing and resolving the issue of physician stress and burnout

Babyar

2017

JHOM

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“…We believe that stress coping bust be viewed as a system phenomenon [19,20]; however, it is noteworthy that the psychodiagnostic instruments for the assessment of stress reactions in eye care workers are unavailable, and the use of non-validated [21][22][23] or non-specialized psychometric questionnaires [24] is common among studies.…”

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Developing a stress reaction inventory for eye care workers

Tsekhmister¹,

Daniliuk²,

Rodina³

et al. 2018

Oftalmol Zh

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Background: The job-related burnout rate in eye care workers has been consistently rising. That is why it is important to develop psychodiagnostic instruments for detecting stress reactions, and to make them psychometrically adapted to the social and cultural realities of the Ukrainian professional environment. Purpose: To develop an inventory for measuring stress reactions, to customize it to eye care workers and the realities of our nation, to psychometrically analyze it, and to estimate its relationships with job satisfaction indices. Materials and Methods: The study sample consisted of the eye care workers from the Filatov institute. Two hundred and eleven eye care workers were included in the study. The response rate for the inventory was 85.8% (181/211). The 181 responders included 99 nursing staff members and 82 physicians (ophthalmologists). The study was conducted with the use of the modified version of the Student-life Stress Inventory (SSI) by Gadzella. Results: The Stress Reaction Inventory (SRI) for eye care workers was developed by adapting the SSI. The modified version of the inventory is comprised of four stress reaction scales (or categories), Physiological (F), Emotional (G), Behavioral (H), and Cognitive Appraisal (I), which were found to have high internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Both among the nursing staff member group and the physician group, the more acute emotional and behavioral reactions to stressors responders experienced, the lower was their job satisfaction. The test norms were developed and presented using the quartile scale, as long as the sample was representative. Therefore, the adapted Ukrainian-language version of the Stress Reaction Inventory for eye care workers showed evidence of internal consistency and construct validity.

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“…Though the participation rate of <10% is not ideal; it is identical to similar web based survey on American and European ophthalmologists by Stewart et al who had reported a participation rate of 14% and 16% respectively. [ 16 ] We agree that a personal interview or a postal survey would probably yield a higher participation rate and provide more comprehensive profile of practice and personal circumstances of male and female ophthalmologists. However being the first such study about ophthalmologists in India; our study still provides an important data on ophthalmology workforce in country.…”

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Personal and practice profile of male and female ophthalmologists in India

Saurabh

Sarkar

Roy

et al. 2015

Indian J Ophthalmol

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Background:The aim of this study was to study the practice pattern, personal profile, and work-family balance of male and female ophthalmologists in India.Materials and Methods:This study was conducted through 41 point questionnaire sent to the members of All India Ophthalmological Society dealing with practice profile and personal circumstances of ophthalmologists.Results:Six hundred and twenty-two (8%) responses were obtained out of 7723 invitations sent. A total of 452 were male and 170 were female ophthalmologists. Age group of 30–39 years was most common age of respondents (male 155; 35.3%; female 81; 47.6%). Larger number of male ophthalmologists (157; 34.7%) worked for more than 9 h a day than female ophthalmologists (41; 24.1%) (P = 0.01). Larger number of male ophthalmologists (229; 50.7%) earned more than Rs. 1 lakh/month than female ophthalmologists (55; 32.4%) (P = 0.00001) More female ophthalmologists (21; 12.4%) than males (26; 5.8%) said that they faced cultural, ethnic or gender bias at work place (P = 0.002). Forty-four (25.9%) female and 54 (12%) male ophthalmologists said that they often curtailed their work for family needs (P = 0.0001). Two hundred and fifty-two (55.8%) male ophthalmologists and 78 (45.9%) female ophthalmologists considered their profession rewarding (P = 0.02).Conclusion:Ophthalmology as a profession was considered rewarding by both male and female ophthalmologists. However, female ophthalmologists were curtailing their work for family needs and earning less than male ophthalmologists. Female ophthalmologists were also subject to gender bias at workplace. These issues need to be tackled to improve the work satisfaction of ophthalmology workforce.

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Survey of practice-related stress among United States and European ophthalmologists

Cited by 7 publications

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They did not start the fire: reviewing and resolving the issue of physician stress and burnout

They did not start the fire: reviewing and resolving the issue of physician stress and burnout

Developing a stress reaction inventory for eye care workers

Personal and practice profile of male and female ophthalmologists in India

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