Physicians specializing in pain medicine report more feelings of professional burnout than physicians in other specialties, according to a MedPage Today report.
Researchers sent questionnaires to members of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. They presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Pain Society.
Sixty-one percent of physicians rated their emotional exhaustion as "high," while 21.7 percent rated emotional exhaustion as low and 16.9 percent rated it as moderate.
Additionally, 35.6 percent of physicians reported high levels of depersonalization. Only 19.6 percent of physicians rated their feeling of personal accomplishment as high, compared to 42.6 percent who rated it as low.
Researchers found the psychological demands of being a pain physician were significant predictors of reported feelings of burnout and depersonalization. There were no identified predictors of feelings of accomplishment, according to the report.
Researchers suggest researching interventions to address stressors should be developed, according to the report.
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