Occupational variation in burnout among medical staff: Evidence for the stress of higher status
Occupational variation in burnout among medical staff: Evidence for the stress of higher status
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.007
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发表时间：
2019-07-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
VanHeuvelen, Jane S.
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作者：
Grace, Matthew K.;VanHeuvelen, Jane S.
当代的研究突出了医生和相关卫生专业人员面临的严重心理健康问题。然而，到目前为止，这项研究的大部分都是孤立地关注这些职业群体。根据从新生儿重症监护病房(N=222)的医务人员收集的数据，我们通过对比四组医护人员的心理健康和工作经历来解决这一差距：医生、护士从业者、注册护士和呼吸治疗师。我们发现，有证据表明，地位较高的医护人员、医生和执业护士比他们的同事更有可能报告工作与生活冲突、不规律的工作时间和沉重的工作压力。这些压力源解释了在医生和护士从业人员中发现的较高水平的职业倦怠。总体而言，研究结果支持“更高地位的压力”假说，并为当今医务人员面临的工作需求和心理健康问题提供了洞察力。
Contemporary research highlights the serious mental health issues facing physicians and allied health professionals. Yet to date, much of this research has focused on these occupational groups in isolation. Drawing upon data collected from medical staff in a neonatal intensive care unit (N = 222), we address this gap by contrasting the mental health and workplace experiences of four groups of healthcare workers: physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and respiratory therapists. We find evidence that higher status healthcare workers physicians and nurse practitioners are more likely than their colleagues to report work-life conflict, irregular work hours, and heavy work pressure. These stressors explain an appreciable amount of the higher levels of burnout found among physicians and nurse practitioners. Collectively, results lend support to "the stress of higher status" hypothesis and provide insights into the job demands and mental health issues confronted by today's medical workforce.