Physician burnout and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study in Shanghai

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-83

  Wang, Zhihui ^a   Xie, Zhenyu ^b   Dai, Junming ^a   Zhang, Liqian ^a   Huang, Yunbiao ^b   Chen, Bo ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Pudong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Burnout; Effort reward imbalance; Job content questionnaire; Maslach Burnout Inventory; Occupational stress; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNOUT; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REWARD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84894575262     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.13-0108-OA     Document Type: Article

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