Burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being among US neurologists in 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study prevalence of and factors that contribute to burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being in US neurologists.

Methods

A total of 4,127 US American Academy of Neurology member neurologists who had finished training were surveyed using validated measures of burnout, career satisfaction, and well-being from January 19 to March 21, 2016.

Results

Response rate was 40.5% (1,671 of 4,127). Average age of participants was 51 years, with 65.3% male and nearly equal representation across US geographic regions. Approximately 60% of respondents had at least one symptom of burnout. Hours worked/week, nights on call/week, number of outpatients seen/week, and amount of clerical work were associated with greater burnout risk. Effective support staff, job autonomy,

SUBMITTER: Busis NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5344080 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature