Wellness and Coping of Physicians Who Worked in ICUs During the Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional North American Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Few surveys have focused on physician moral distress, burnout, and professional fulfilment. We assessed physician wellness and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Cross-sectional survey using four validated instruments.

Setting

Sixty-two sites in Canada and the United States.

Subjects

Attending physicians (adult, pediatric; intensivist, nonintensivist) who worked in North American ICUs.

Intervention

None.

Measurements and main results

We analysed 431 questionnaires (43.3% response rate) from 25 states and eight provinces. Respondents were predominantly male (229 [55.6%]) and in practice for 11.8 ± 9.8 years. Compared with prepandemic, respondents reported significant intrapandemic increases in days worked/mo, ICU bed occupancy,

SUBMITTER: Burns KEA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668381 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature