Prevalence and determinants of Italian physicians' burnout in the "post-COVID-19" era.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Several studies investigated prevalence and determinants of physicians' burnout during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but only a few during the chronic phase of the pandemic. This study thus aimed to examine this topic referring to the "post-COVID-19 era", defined as a chronic and likely-to-be endemic status quo.

Methods

A cross-sectional, online survey (November 2021-January 2022) was addressed to physicians in Lombardia (Northern Italy). Besides socio-demographic and COVID-19-related data, measures of personal, work- and patient-related burnout (Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; CBI), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-8), anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder-7), and self-efficacy (General Self-Efficacy Scale) were collected. Linear/generalized linear models wer

SUBMITTER: Fiabane E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638242 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature