Practise what you preach: Health behaviours and stress among non-consultant hospital doctors

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 12-18

  Feeney, Sinéad ^a   O'Brien, Kevin ^a   O'Keeffe, Neasa ^a   Iomaire, Anna Nic Con ^a   Kelly, Maureen E ^a   McCormack, John ^a   McGuire, Genevieve ^a   Evans, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^b Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Burnout; Doctors' health; Solutions; Stress; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957109099     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-1-12     Document Type: Article

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