title: Burnout comparison among residents in different medical specialties.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate resident burnout in relation to work and home-related factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Maslach Burnout Inventory was mailed to residents in eight different medical specialties, with a response rate of 35%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 50% of residents met burnout criteria, ranging from 75% (obstetrics/gynecology) to 27% (family medicine). The first year of residency, being single, personal stress, and dissatisfaction with faculty were independently associated with burnout.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efforts to reduce resident burnout nationally would benefit from expanding beyond the work-hours regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, UPC-Jefferson, 2751 E. Jefferson, Suite 400, Detroit, MI 48207, USA. shahm_martini@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Shahm
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: Cynthia L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Arfken
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Churchill
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Balon
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013038:Specialization; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires