biostudies-literatureUnknown50(12)Burns KEA<h4>Objectives</h4>Few surveys have focused on physician moral distress, burnout, and professional fulfilment. We assessed physician wellness and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional survey using four validated instruments.<h4>Setting</h4>Sixty-two sites in Canada and the United States.<h4>Subjects</h4>Attending physicians (adult, pediatric; intensivist, nonintensivist) who worked in North American ICUs.<h4>Intervention</h4>None.<h4>Measurements and main results</h4>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, Critical care medicine1689-1700https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9668381biostudies-literatureWellness and Coping of Physicians Who Worked in ICUs During the Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional North American Survey.PMC9668381Burnham ELCarlos WGHancock JWest JCAkgun KSy EFox-Robichaud ABagshaw SMSpiegel MDiversity-Related Research Committee of the Women in Critical Care (WICC) Interest Group of the American Thoracic SocietyMehta SHasmatali JMcDonald RKHan JEJain SMorris PEHarkins MSAttia EFPirzadeh MMatson SMThirugnanam SDodek PMKraft MLorens ETrachuk PCrothers KSoriano SMMathews KSDenson JLLiebler JMSchnapp LMBurns KEABiehl MChen JTHerridge MSGeagea AMartin GSDrover JWEschun GViglianti EMBinnie APiquette DMartin CMGershengorn HSessler CNMcPherson KAHadler RD'Aragon FTsang JLYStapleton RDVranas KCPaunovic BPulchan KGriesdale DPeltan IDKerlin MPKaul BMohamed ASmith HKutsogiannis DJMaddux ABadke ARCoruh BJose EKAKohn RChua AMoss MfalseWellness and Coping of Physicians Who Worked in ICUs During the Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional North American Survey.<h4>Objectives</h4>Few surveys have focused on physician moral distress, burnout, and professional fulfilment. We assessed physician wellness and coping during the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional survey using four validated instruments.<h4>Setting</h4>Sixty-two sites in Canada and the United States.<h4>Subjects</h4>Attending physicians (adult, pediatric; intensivist, nonintensivist) who worked in North American ICUs.<h4>Intervention</h4>None.<h4>Measurements and main results</h4>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, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Dec2025-06-01T01:35:44.738Z2025-06-01T01:35:44.738ZS-EPMC96683813630094510.1097/CCM.0000000000005674