Investigation of burnout syndrome and job-related risk factors in veterinary technicians in specialty teaching hospitals: a multicenter cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate veterinary technician burnout and associations with frequency of self-reported medical error, resilience, and depression and job-related risk factors.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study using an anonymous survey conducted between November 2017 and June 2018.

Setting

Four referral teaching hospitals in the United States and Canada.

Subjects

A total of 344 veterinary technicians were invited to participate. Response rate was 95%. Overall 256 surveys were ultimately analyzed.

Interventions

Burnout, depression, and resilience were measured using validated instruments. Respondents reported perceptions of workload, working environment, and medical error frequency. Associations between burnout and factors related to physical wo

SUBMITTER: Hayes GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003767 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature