Die Assoziation von beruflicher Zufriedenheit mit selbstberichtetem Burnout bei Urologen und Urologinnen mit Migrationshintergrund tätig an deutschen Kliniken

Abstract

Urologists with amigration background currently provide patient care in German hospitals. Study results on job satisfaction and burnout of this important professional group have not been available so far. Between August and October 2020, aquestionnaire (SurveyMonkey® with 101items) was conducted among urologists with migration background working in German hospitals regarding professional satisfaction and avalidated survey of burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory), among others. The subject of this work was the association of job satisfaction with the critical thresholds of burnout in the domains of emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and low personal accomplishment (PA). For this work, 68 questionnaires could be completely analyzed. Study participants were dominantly male (90%), between 30and 39years of age (69%), married (72%), and working full-time (94%). Above critical thresholds of high burnout in the EE, DP, and PA domains were 27.9% (n = 19), 35.3% (n = 24), and 73.5% (n = 50) of study participants. Asum score was formed from five of atotal of 39satisfaction items, which independently predicted the EE and DP endpoints and acombined EE and DP endpoint in well-adjusted regression models. For each individual score of the sum score (range 5-25points), the probability of acritical burnout is reduced by arelative 57% (EE), 25% (DP), and 34% (combined endpoint). In contrast, permanent employment contract, the clinic position as senior physician or chief physician, working full-time, and amarried marital status significantly reduced the critical PA domain. Several dimensions of professional satisfaction were identified, the improvement of which could contribute to adecrease in burnout among urologists with a migrant background. Future intervention studies aimed at improving job satisfaction must follow.