How do they cope? A national cross-sectional study of coping in hospital doctors in Ireland.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To measure coping strategies and associated psychological distress, burnout and work ability in hospital doctors in Ireland.

Design

National cross-sectional study of randomised sample of trainee and consultant hospital doctors.

Setting

Irish publicly funded hospitals and residential institutions.

Participants

1749 doctors returned surveys (55% response rate).

Outcome measures

Dependent variables were psychological distress (measured using 12-item General Health Questionnaire), burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory) and work ability (single-item measure). Adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies (Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced) were covariates.

Results

The coping mechanism most frequently reported by this cohort was the

SUBMITTER: Doherty A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806734 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature