Work stress and gender-dependent coping strategies in anesthesiologists at a university hospital

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 334-338

  Kinzl, Johann F ^a   Traweger, Christian ^b   Trefalt, Ernestine ^a   Riccabona, Ulla ^c   Lederer, Wolfgang ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Job satisfaction; Original contribution; Sex; Stress, psychological; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548483892     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Aiken L.H., Clarke S.P., Sloane D.M., et al. Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality. nurse burnout, and job satisfaction. JAMA 288 (2002) 1987-1993
2. Simpson L.A., and Grant L. Sources and magnitude of job stress among physicians. J Organ Behav 14 (1991) 27-42
3. Gaba M., Howard S., and Jump B. Production pressure in the work environment. Anesthesiology 81 (1994) 488-500
4. Jackson S. The role of stress in anesthesiologists' health and well-being. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 43 (1999) 583-602
5. Kain Z.N., Chan K., Katz J.D., et al. Anaesthesiologists and acute perioperative stress: a cohort study. Anaesth Analg 95 (2002) 177-183
6. Coomber S., Todd C., Park G., et al. Stress in UK intensive care doctors. Br J Anaesth 89 (2002) 873-881
7. Robinson G.E. Stresses in women physicians: consequences and coping techniques. Depress Anxiety 17 (2003) 180-189
8. Heim E. Job stressors and coping in health professions. Psychother Psychosom 55 (1991) 90-99
9. Kivimaki M., Sutinen R., Elovainio M., et al. Sickness absence in hospital physicians: 2 year follow up on determinants. Occup Environ Med 58 (2001) 361-368
10. Buxrud E.G. Is health service a good working place for female physicians?. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 113 (1993) 1869-1872
11. Aasland O.G., and Falkum E. How are we today? On physicians' health, well-being and job satisfaction. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 112 (1992) 3818-3823
12. Schneewind KA, Weiss J, Gesundheit- und Stress-Fragebogen [General Health and Stress Profile]. In Weiss J, editor. Unveröffentlichtes Messinstrument. München: Institut für Psychologie, Universität München. Bern: Verlag Hans Huber; 1996. p. 75-9.
13. Semmer N., Zapf D., and Dunckel H. Instrument zur Stressbezogenen Tätigkeitsanalyse. In: Dunckel H. (Ed). Handbuch psychologischer Arbeitsanalyseverfahren (1995), Vdf Hochschulverlag AG, Zürich 179-204 [Instrument for Stress-related Job Analysis] (ISTA)
14. Janke W., Erdmann G., and Boucsein W. Der Stressverarbeitungsfragebogen [SVF; German version] (1985), Hogrefe, Göttingen
15. Kinzl J.F., Knotzer H., Traweger C., Lederer W., Heidegger T., and Benzer A. The influence of working conditions on job satisfaction in anaesthesiologists. Br J Anaesth 94 (2005) 211-215
16. Richardsen A.M., and Burke R.J. Occupational stress and job satisfaction among physicians: sex differences. Soc Sci Med 33 (1991) 1179-1187
17. Deckard G., Meterko M., and Field D. Physician burnout: an examination of personal, professional, and organizational relationships. Med Care 32 (1994) 745-754
18. Rahe R.H., Taylor B., Tolles R.L., et al. A novel stress and coping workplace program reduces illness and healthcare utilization. Psychosom Med 64 (2002) 278-284
19. Bergman B., Ahmad F., and Stewart D.E. Physician health, stress and gender at a university hospital. J Psychosom Res 54 (2003) 171-178
20. Rossi A.M., and Lubbers C.A. Stressed at work. Identification of physiological responses to occupational stress. AAOHN J 37 (1989) 258-264
21. Carter-Snell C., and Hegadoren K. Stress disorders and gender: implications for theory and research. Can J Nurs Res 35 (2003) 34-55