Stress in surgeons.
A sample of 1000 members of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland was circulated with a postal questionnaire relating to their occupational stressors, their type A coronary-prone behaviour and their mental health. Six hundred and seventy-two (67 per cent) useable forms were returned anonymously. The major individual stressors were: (1) the interference of the job with personal life, (2) general administration, and (3) the number of patients in clinics. Type A behaviour was similar to that of other professional groups. Surgeons showed mean scores significantly higher than the general population on two subscales of the mental health index (free-floating anxiety and hysterical anxiety). The findings for the few female surgeons (2 per cent) were similar to those in men but they did not exhibit raised free-floating anxiety levels.
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Department of Administration, University of Wales, College of Medicine, Health Park, Cardiff, UK.
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D013502:General Surgery / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000150:complications; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009770:Obsessive Behavior / Q000150:complications; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010815:Physician Impairment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014434:Type A Personality; D006113:United Kingdom