The health of healthcare: Emergency department physician well-being
Introduction: Physician health and well-being is an important issue that ultimately affects job performance. We compared the self-reported incidence of known medical issues, physical and mental health symptoms, and health behaviors of Emergency Physicians (EPs) with the general public in the United...
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| description | Introduction: Physician health and well-being is an important issue that ultimately affects job performance. We compared the self-reported incidence of known medical issues, physical and mental
health symptoms, and health behaviors of Emergency Physicians (EPs) with the general public in the United States.
Methods: Questions selected from a national survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) about public health trends were distributed to via Facebook to a private group of 12,917 EPs. Responses were compared between EPs and the general population using Chi-square tests of independence.
Results: Our results demonstrated that EPs suffer less from chronic diseases, especially those related to the cardiopulmonary system; however, they suff er from a higher incidence of musculoskeletal pain and infectious disease complaints. EPs also exhibit higher rates of mental health symptoms, sleep-related
complications, and alcohol consumption.
Conclusions: Awareness, education, and advocacy may help improve physician health and ultimately job performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-201debc589404057bb5e8efaa4e382702025-01-18T18:20:29ZengEdizioni FSJournal of Health and Social Sciences2499-22402499-58862017-07-012216117210.19204/2017/thhl4The health of healthcare: Emergency department physician well-beingMartin Gagne0Adam Schwartz1Steven Zimmerman2Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USAGood Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip, New York, USAPhysician at City, New York, USAIntroduction: Physician health and well-being is an important issue that ultimately affects job performance. We compared the self-reported incidence of known medical issues, physical and mental health symptoms, and health behaviors of Emergency Physicians (EPs) with the general public in the United States. Methods: Questions selected from a national survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) about public health trends were distributed to via Facebook to a private group of 12,917 EPs. Responses were compared between EPs and the general population using Chi-square tests of independence. Results: Our results demonstrated that EPs suffer less from chronic diseases, especially those related to the cardiopulmonary system; however, they suff er from a higher incidence of musculoskeletal pain and infectious disease complaints. EPs also exhibit higher rates of mental health symptoms, sleep-related complications, and alcohol consumption. Conclusions: Awareness, education, and advocacy may help improve physician health and ultimately job performance.http://journalhss.com/wp-content/uploads/jhhs22_161-172.pdfCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); emergency servicehospital; health promotion; physicians; preventive medicine; occupational medicine; social mediaCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)emergency servicehospitalhealth promotionphysicianspreventive medicineoccupational medicinesocial media |
| spellingShingle | Martin Gagne Adam Schwartz Steven Zimmerman The health of healthcare: Emergency department physician well-being Journal of Health and Social Sciences Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); emergency service hospital; health promotion; physicians; preventive medicine; occupational medicine; social media Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) emergency service hospital health promotion physicians preventive medicine occupational medicine social media |
| title | The health of healthcare: Emergency department physician well-being |
| title_full | The health of healthcare: Emergency department physician well-being |
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| title_short | The health of healthcare: Emergency department physician well-being |
| title_sort | health of healthcare emergency department physician well being |
| topic | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); emergency service hospital; health promotion; physicians; preventive medicine; occupational medicine; social media Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) emergency service hospital health promotion physicians preventive medicine occupational medicine social media |
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