Physician burnout in the Eastern Mediterranean region: influence of gender and related factors - Systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While recent reviews highlight high burnout prevalence among physicians in the World Health Organization's (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR), there has been a limited exploration into the role of gender and related factors in this problem.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the prevalence of physician burnout and its relationship to gender, physician specialties, and age in the WHO's EMR based on the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews. We searched PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, Google Scholar, and Al Manhal databases and synthesized the findings from the included studies.

Results

Among the 78 studies included, data was available from 16/22 (72.7%) countries and territories in the EMR covering a total of 16 016 p

SUBMITTER: Doraiswamy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285757 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature