Prevalence of Burnout Among Physicians: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Burnout is a self-reported job-related syndrome increasingly recognized as a critical factor affecting physicians and their patients. An accurate estimate of burnout prevalence among physicians would have important health policy implications, but the overall prevalence is unknown.

Objective

To characterize the methods used to assess burnout and provide an estimate of the prevalence of physician burnout.

Data sources and study selection

Systematic search of EMBASE, ERIC, MEDLINE/PubMed, psycARTICLES, and psycINFO for studies on the prevalence of burnout in practicing physicians (ie, excluding physicians in training) published before June 1, 2018.

Data extraction and synthesis

Burnout prevalence and study characteristics were extracted independently by

SUBMITTER: Rotenstein LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233645 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature