title: [Indicators of psychological distress among female physicians in Hungary].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Somatic and mental health of physicians have become an issue of growing interest.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore the prevalence of anxiety, dysfunctional attitudes and hostility among female physicians and analyse the possible correlation between psychological distress and chronic disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Representative, cross-sectional, quantitative survey on a representative sample of female physicians (N + 408). The control group of female physicians was formed from the professional female group of a national survey conducted by "Hungarostudy 2002" (N = 818).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anxiety,high performance demand, perfectionism and an item of hostility scale were significantly higher among physicians. There was no significant connection between psychical distress and chronic disease. Insomnia showed strong, significant correlation with psychical distress. After controlling the risk factors of insomnia, high performance demand and perfectionism proved to be the most important predictors (OR = 1,832 and OR = 1,504).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Present and earlier results show that high performance and perfectionism are connected with insomnia, and that sleeping disorders influence chronic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar, Magatartástudományi Intézet, Budapest. gyorzsu@net.sote.hu
authors.forename: Zsuzsa
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Győrffy
authors.forename: Mária
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kopp
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008603:Mental Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*