Burnout, depression, and medication errors among family physicians.

ABSTRACT: Physician burnout has been recognized as a global healthcare threat. Burnout adversely affects doctors' well-being, patient care costs, and quality. The impact of burnout on medication error is debatable since most literature relied on self-reporting, whereas studies utilizing objective measures reported contrary results. Our study investigates physicians' burnout prevalence and association with detected prescribing errors in ambulatory settings. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 25 primary healthcare centers in Alexandria, Egypt. The Professional Fulfillment Index and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 were used to screen for burnout and depression among physicians. Clinical pharmacists independently reviewed 50 prescriptions per physician to identify decision and process prescribing e

SUBMITTER: Abd Elsadek DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690096 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature