Affiliations: Department of Psychiatry, General Hospital, Sabac,
Serbia | Clinic of Psychiatry, Clinical Center of Serbia,
Belgrade, Serbia | School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade,
Serbia | Institute of Occupational Medicine of Serbia,
Belgrade, Serbia | Institute of Mental Health, Belgrade, Serbia | Special Psychiatric Hospital Laza Lazarevic, Belgrade,
Serbia
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Many studies confirm that psychological factors and
burnout in physicians are interconnected. It is however not known, whether
quality of life is another factor that plays a role in this connection.The aim
of this study was to explore the correlation between quality of life and
emotional profile with the level of burnout in physicians. PARTICIPANTS: 120 physicians participated in this study, i.e. sixty
general practitioners (GPs) and sixty psychiatrists. METHODS: The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Maslach
Burnout Inventory (MBI) were used to measure the job stress. The Quality of
Life (QOL) and the Emotions Profile Index (EPI) were used to determine quality
of life and emotional profile. Data were analyzed using methods of single and
multiple correlation and regression methods. RESULTS: The QOL was higher in psychiatrists as a direct consequence
of questions about finances and friendship. Analysis by gender showed that the
growth of the burnout risk level (MBI) correlated with the growth of number of
women who had stress coping problems. CONCLUSIONS: This research suggests that quality of life and
individual factors represent a very significant role in burnout among
physicians. Further researches in a bigger sample are required in order to
identify key factors of quality of life related to burnout reducing, as well as
for improvement of supervision strategies, including more the relevance of
psychological profile of physicians.
