Surgeons' mental distress and risks after severe complications following radical gastrectomy in China: a nationwide cross-sectional questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was designed to investigate incidences of surgeons' mental distress following severe complications after radical gastrectomy.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 1 June 2021 and 30 September 2021 among Chinese general and/or gastrointestinal surgeons who experienced severe complications after radical gastrectomy. The clinical features collected in the questionnaire included: (i) feeling burnout, anxiety, or depression; (ii) avoiding radical gastrectomy or feeling stress, slowing down the process during radical gastrectomy operations; (iii) having physical reactions, including heart pounding, trouble breathing, or sweating while recalling; (iv) having urges to quit being a surgeon; (v) taking psychiatric medications; and (vi) seeking p

SUBMITTER: He H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442099 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature