Burnout driven by perception of inadequate staffing levels, being treated unfairly at work<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
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FRIDAY, Jan. 22, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Physicians at a Canadian cardiovascular center report higher levels of prepandemic burnout than U.S. colleagues, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in CMAJ <\/em>Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n Barry Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., from the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Toronto, and colleagues used a survey to measure the prevalence of burnout and distress among physicians in a cardiovascular center of a quaternary hospital network in Canada and compared these results to those for physicians at academic health science centers in the United States.<\/p>\n The researchers found that of the 127 respondents, 65.4 percent reported burnout in the previous month and 53.5 percent reported emotional problems. More than half of respondents (54.3 percent) had a Well-Being Index (WBI) score of 3 or higher. A WBI score of 3 or higher was more likely if a respondent perceived insufficient staffing levels or unfair treatment or was an anesthesiologist. Compared with 21,594 U.S. physicians, Canadian respondents had a higher mean WBI score and reported a higher prevalence of burnout.<\/p>\n “Burnout also has a negative impact on the care we provide,” Rubin said in a statement. “It is associated with an increased incidence of medical errors, serious safety events, readmission to hospital, worse patient outcomes, and in some situations even increased patient mortality. Clinician burnout is a public health crisis that we must address now.”<\/p>\n