Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional study

Objectives To detect the combined effects of lifestyle factors on work-related burnout (WB) and to analyse the impact of the number of weekend catch-up sleep hours on burnout risk in a medical workplace.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Hospital-based survey in Taiwan.Participants In total, 2746...

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Main Authors: Yi-Sheng Liou, Yu-Li Lin, Cing-Hua Chen, Wei-Min Chu, Sung-Yuan Hu, Yi-Chien Yang, Yu-Tse Tsan
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-11-01
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Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e032779.full
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Yu-Li Lin
Cing-Hua Chen
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Sung-Yuan Hu
Yi-Chien Yang
Yu-Tse Tsan
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description Objectives To detect the combined effects of lifestyle factors on work-related burnout (WB) and to analyse the impact of the number of weekend catch-up sleep hours on burnout risk in a medical workplace.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Hospital-based survey in Taiwan.Participants In total, 2746 participants completed the hospital’s Overload Health Control System questionnaire for the period from the first day of January 2016 to the end of December 2016, with a response rate of 70.5%. The voluntary participants included 358 physicians, 1406 nurses, 367 medical technicians and 615 administrative staff.Primary and secondary outcome measures All factors that correlated significantly with WB were entered into a multinomial logistic regression after adjustment for other factors. The dose–response relationship of combined lifestyle factors and catch-up sleep hours associated with WB was explored by logistic regression.Results Abnormal meal time (adjusted OR 2.41, 95% CI 1.85 to 3.15), frequently eating out (adjusted OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.97), lack of sleep (adjusted OR 5.13, 95% CI 3.94 to 6.69), no exercise (adjusted OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.81) and >40 work hours (adjusted OR 2.72, 95% CI 2.08–3.57) were independently associated with WB (for high level compared with low level). As the number of risk factors increased (1–5), so did the proportion of high severity of WB (adjusted OR 1.39, 95% CI 0.45 to 4.27, to adjusted OR 32.98, 95% CI 10.78 to 100.87). For those with more than 7 hours’ sleep on workdays, weekend catch-up sleep (≤0/>0 and ≤2/>2 hours) was found to be related to an increase of burnout risk (adjusted OR 4.91, 95% CI 2.24 to 10.75/adjusted OR 4.94, 95% CI 2.54 to 9.63/adjusted OR 6.74, 95% CI 2.94 to 15.46).Conclusion WB in the medical workplace was affected by five unhealthy lifestyle factors, and combinations of these factors were associated with greater severity of WB. Weekend catch-up sleep was correlated with lower burnout risk in those with a short workday sleep duration (less than 7 hours). Clinicians should pay particular attention to medical staff with short sleep duration without weekend catch-up sleep.
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spelling doaj-art-a080a3ed8f5a4f54a85149f6a966c3612025-08-20T02:27:45ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-11-0191110.1136/bmjopen-2019-032779Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional studyYi-Sheng Liou0Yu-Li Lin1Cing-Hua Chen2Wei-Min Chu3Sung-Yuan Hu4Yi-Chien Yang5Yu-Tse Tsan66 School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan1 Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan2 Department of Nursing and Occupational Safety and Health Office, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, TaiwanGeriatrics and Gerontology Research Center, College of Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan3 Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan7 Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, TaiwanObjectives To detect the combined effects of lifestyle factors on work-related burnout (WB) and to analyse the impact of the number of weekend catch-up sleep hours on burnout risk in a medical workplace.Design Cross-sectional study.Setting Hospital-based survey in Taiwan.Participants In total, 2746 participants completed the hospital’s Overload Health Control System questionnaire for the period from the first day of January 2016 to the end of December 2016, with a response rate of 70.5%. The voluntary participants included 358 physicians, 1406 nurses, 367 medical technicians and 615 administrative staff.Primary and secondary outcome measures All factors that correlated significantly with WB were entered into a multinomial logistic regression after adjustment for other factors. The dose–response relationship of combined lifestyle factors and catch-up sleep hours associated with WB was explored by logistic regression.Results Abnormal meal time (adjusted OR 2.41, 95% CI 1.85 to 3.15), frequently eating out (adjusted OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.97), lack of sleep (adjusted OR 5.13, 95% CI 3.94 to 6.69), no exercise (adjusted OR 1.41, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.81) and >40 work hours (adjusted OR 2.72, 95% CI 2.08–3.57) were independently associated with WB (for high level compared with low level). As the number of risk factors increased (1–5), so did the proportion of high severity of WB (adjusted OR 1.39, 95% CI 0.45 to 4.27, to adjusted OR 32.98, 95% CI 10.78 to 100.87). For those with more than 7 hours’ sleep on workdays, weekend catch-up sleep (≤0/>0 and ≤2/>2 hours) was found to be related to an increase of burnout risk (adjusted OR 4.91, 95% CI 2.24 to 10.75/adjusted OR 4.94, 95% CI 2.54 to 9.63/adjusted OR 6.74, 95% CI 2.94 to 15.46).Conclusion WB in the medical workplace was affected by five unhealthy lifestyle factors, and combinations of these factors were associated with greater severity of WB. Weekend catch-up sleep was correlated with lower burnout risk in those with a short workday sleep duration (less than 7 hours). Clinicians should pay particular attention to medical staff with short sleep duration without weekend catch-up sleep.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e032779.full
spellingShingle Yi-Sheng Liou
Yu-Li Lin
Cing-Hua Chen
Wei-Min Chu
Sung-Yuan Hu
Yi-Chien Yang
Yu-Tse Tsan
Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional study
BMJ Open
title Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional study
title_full Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional study
title_short Modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in Taiwan: cross-sectional study
title_sort modifiable risk factors related to burnout levels in the medical workplace in taiwan cross sectional study
url https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/11/e032779.full
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