Ghali, R., Boulos, D., Alorabi, M. (2019). Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University. Research in Oncology, 15(1), 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
Ramy R. Ghali; Dina N. K. Boulos; Mohamed Alorabi. "Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University". Research in Oncology, 15, 1, 2019, 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
Ghali, R., Boulos, D., Alorabi, M. (2019). 'Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University', Research in Oncology, 15(1), pp. 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
Ghali, R., Boulos, D., Alorabi, M. Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University. Research in Oncology, 2019; 15(1): 26-30. doi: 10.21608/resoncol.2018.3478.1056
Cross-Sectional Study of Burnout among a Group of Egyptian Oncologists at Ain Shams University
1Clinical Oncology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
2Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Oncologists are at risk of developing burn out syndrome due to many stressors they may face. Aim: To determine the level of burnout in a cohort of clinical oncologists working in an Egyptian university hospital. Methods: Fifty-two clinical oncologists were invited to participate in the study. Burnout was assessed using the Arabic version of Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). Results: The response rate was 90% (47/52). The majority (70%) of responders were young oncologists and 62% had >10 years experience in the oncology field. Females represented 52% of them and 62% were married. The MBI-HSS scores indicated that 72% of participants had burnout on the emotional exhaustion (EE) scale, 49% on the depersonalization (DP) scale and 38% on the personal accomplishment (PA) scale. A significantly lower PA score was associated with female gender, being single, viewing vacation time as insufficient, and an experience duration <10 years in oncology (p = 0.01, 0.01, 0.03, and 0.02; respectively). The preference not to choose again oncology as a career was also associated with significantly lower PA score and higher EE score (p=0.02 and 0.001; respectively). Conclusion: The surveyed oncologists experienced high burnout. Larger studies are needed in order to assess the burden of the problem and to develop evidence-based interventions to reduce it.
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