Why is it so hard to improve physicians' health? A qualitative interview study with senior physicians on mechanisms inherent in professional identity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Current research increasingly describes physicians' health as endangered. Interventions to improve physicians' health show inconsistent results. In order to investigate possible causes for weak long-term effects, we examined senior physicians' perceptions about the relevance of their own health and analyzed whether and how these might affect the difficulty to improve physicians' health.

Method

The authors conducted 19 semi-structured interviews with senior physicians from different medical disciplines, analyzed the data and developed theory using the grounded theory method.

Results

Based on the interviews, we developed a conceptual model which identifies reinforcing factors for physicians' hesitancy in self-care as well as barriers to change. Participants r

SUBMITTER: Schulte H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656177 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature