Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisi, cilt.23, sa.1, ss.17-24, 2006 (Scopus)
Burnout is a significant health problem for professional groups that are in unavoidable one-to-one relations with other people; job satisfaction, on the other hand, is a feeling of pleasure arising from a perception that work contributes something to the individual. The objective in this study was to determine burnout and job satisfaction levels in research physicians working at the KTÜ Medical Faculty and their correlation with sociodemographic factors. A total of 192 research physicians working in the KTÜ Medical Faculty participated in this cross-sectional study; participants were administered a sociodemographic data questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory and Job Satisfaction Inventory. Emotional burnout scores were higher in male physicians working in surgical sciences (12.3±7.9) than in female physicians (8.5±5.7), in those working in surgical sciences (11.1±7.4) compared to those working in internal medicine (5.0±3.5), in those working in surgical sciences experiencing social difficulties (14.0±8.5) and those working in internal medicine experiencing problems concerning work (6.0±3.3), making ends meet (5.9+3.6), family (6.2±3.1) and education (6.5±4.1); personal achievement scores were high in those working in surgical sciences and not experiencing problems concerning work (14.1±5.9), making ends meet (14.7±5.8), family (14.7±5.7) or society (13.1±5.2); depersonalization scores were high in those working in surgical sciences and not experiencing family problems (12.4±6.4); and job satisfaction scores in those working in internal medicine (87.7±18.4) were higher compared to those in the surgical sciences (80.5±18.8) and higher in those working in internal medicine without problems concerning work (92.3±16.9) or making ends meet (92.3±16.5) (p=0.043, p<0.0005, p=0.002, p=0.033, p=0.035, p=0.003, p=0.027, p=0.017, p<0.0005, p=0.003, p=0.016, p=0.012, p=0.008, p=0.017 and p=0.001, respectively). In conclusion, high levels of emotional burnout were determined in those working in surgical sciences and in those working in internal medicine and experiencing difficulty with regard to work, making ends meet, family or education; of personal achievement in those working in surgical sciences and not experiencing difficulties regarding work, making ends meet, family or society; of depersonalization in those working in surgical sciences and without family difficulties; and of job satisfaction in those working in internal medicine and not experiencing difficulties regarding work or making ends meet.