Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University
Ghali, R., Boulos, D., Alorabi, M. (2019). Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University. EKB Journal Management System, 15(1), 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
Ramy R. Ghali; Dina N. K. Boulos; Mohamed Alorabi. "Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University". EKB Journal Management System, 15, 1, 2019, 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
Ghali, R., Boulos, D., Alorabi, M. (2019). 'Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University', EKB Journal Management System, 15(1), pp. 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
Ghali, R., Boulos, D., Alorabi, M. Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 15(1): 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056

Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University

Research in Oncology
Article 5, Volume 15, Issue 1, June 2019, Page 26-30  XML PDF (285.87 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
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Authors
Ramy R. Ghali email 1; Dina N. K. Boulos2; Mohamed Alorabi1
1Clinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
2Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Oncologists are at risk of developing burn out syndrome due to many stressors they may face.
Aim: To determine the level of burnout in a cohort of clinical oncologists working in an Egyptian university hospital.
Methods: Fifty-two clinical oncologists were invited to participate in the study. Burnout was assessed using the Arabic version of Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS).
Results: The response rate was 90% (47/52).  The majority (70%) of responders were young oncologists and 62% had >10 years experience in the oncology field. Females represented 52% of them and 62% were married. The MBI-HSS scores indicated that 72% of participants had burnout on the emotional exhaustion (EE) scale, 49% on the depersonalization (DP) scale and 38% on the personal accomplishment (PA) scale. A significantly lower PA score was associated with female gender, being single, viewing vacation time as insufficient, and an experience duration <10 years in oncology (p = 0.01, 0.01, 0.03, and 0.02; respectively). The preference not to choose again oncology as a career was also associated with significantly lower PA score and higher EE score (p=0.02 and 0.001; respectively).
Conclusion: The surveyed oncologists experienced high burnout. Larger studies are needed in order to assess the burden of the problem and to develop evidence-based interventions to reduce it.
Keywords
Burnout; Oncologists; Egypt
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