Stress and burnout among physicians: Prevalence and risk factors in a Singaporean internal medicine programme

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 471-474

  See, Kay Choong ^a,b   Lim, Tow Keang ^a,b   Kua, Ee Heok ^a,c   Phua, Jason ^a,b   Chua, Gerald S W ^b,d   Ho, Khek Yu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NG TENG FONG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BURNOUT; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHEN PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; COPENHAGEN BURNOUT INVENTORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SLEEP TIME; AGE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85013811751     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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