Features of formation and prediction of professional burnout of doctors of surgical specialties

Abstract

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical workers (MW) turned out to be the most vulnerable category of the population at risk of developing psychoemotional disorders.
 The study aims to establish the characteristics of the state of the psychoemotional sphere in doctors of surgical specialties of COVID-hospitals, multidisciplinary hospitals (MDH) during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as outpatient clinics (OPC).
 We have examined the following groups of doctors: group 1 consisted of doctors of surgical specialties working in COVID‑hospital (n=61); group 2 consisted of doctors of surgical specialties working in a multidisciplinary hospital (n=58); group 3 consisted of doctors of surgical specialties working in the outpatient clinic (n=55); group 4 — the control group included employees of engineering, technical and economic specialties not related to work in medical organizations (n=190). The authors have evaluated the professional burnout syndrome using a questionnaire on the assessment of professional burnout "Maslach Burnout".
 The work of doctors of surgical specialties during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with the impact on medical workers of a number of specific risk factors associated with the provision of medical care to infected patients, as well as with significant changes in work, regarding aspects related to organization, safety, which contribute to increased levels of anxiety, professional burnout, stress.
 The work of doctors of surgical specialties during the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19, compared with doctors of multidisciplinary hospitals and outpatient doctors, is associated with an increase in the level of occupational stress, the level of professional burnout. It is necessary to continue research on the emotional state of medical personnel in order to timely carry out preventive treatment to preserve the health of medical workers.
 Ethics. The scientists conducted a study within the Framework of the complex topic of the Department of Occupational Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology named after Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation Professor V.V. Kosarev of Samara State Medical University "A systematic approach to early diagnosis, prevention and prediction of the impact of low-intensity production factors on the health of workers" (State registration number AAAA-A18-118122190069-6, registration date applications on 12/21/2018). The study was approved by the local ethics Committee of the Samara State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation on 11/23/2021. Each participant in the study gave informed voluntary written consent to participate in the study and publish personal medical information in an impersonal form in the journal Occupational Medicine and Industrial Ecology.