title: [Burnout among doctors and its correlations with health, life satisfaction and sleep].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Burnout is common among health care providers and doctors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The correlations between burnout and health, psychosomatic symptoms, life satisfaction and sleep were investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online quantitative cross-sectional questionnaire was administered to 186 doctors. Burnout was assessed by the means of the 21-item questionnaire of Pines and Aronson (1981). Data were analysed with chi-square probe, Mann-Whitney test, correlational analysis and linear regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Level of burnout correlated negatively with age (p = 0.040; r = -0.151), years spent in the health care system (p = 0.027; r = -0.162) and positive well-being (p<0.001, r = -0.670), while there was a negative correlation with negative well-being (p<0.001; r = 0.585) and life satisfaction (p<0.001; r = -0.532). Doctors with burnout reported worse health (p<0.001), more frequent psychosomatic symptoms (p<0.001), tumours (p = 0.007), allergies (p = 0.030), psychiatric disorders (p = 0.025) and sleep disturbances.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  One-third of the doctors were affected by burnout in the present study. Higher age and having more children served as a protective factor.
authors.affiliation: Egészségmagatartás és -fejlesztés Szakcsoport, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Egészségtudományi és Szociális Képzési Kar Szeged, Temesvári krt. 31., 6726.
authors.forename: Anikó
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Németh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D020407:Internet; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology
keywords: burnout; egészség; health; jóllét; kiégés; orvosok; physicians; psychosomatic disorders; pszichoszomatikus tünetek; well-being