"Where You Feel Like a Family Instead of Co-workers": a Mixed Methods Study on Care Teams and Burnout.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians and nurses face high levels of burnout. The role of care teams may be protective against burnout and provide a potential target for future interventions.

Objective

To explore levels of burnout among physicians and nurses and differences in burnout between physicians and nurses, to understand physician and nurse perspectives of their healthcare teams, and to explore the association of the role of care teams and burnout.

Design

A mixed methods study in two school of medicine affiliated teaching hospitals in an urban medical center in Baltimore, Maryland.

Participants

Participants included 724 physicians and 971 nurses providing direct clinical care to patients.

Main measures and approach

Measures included survey participant characteri

SUBMITTER: Lu MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9422940 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature