Subject: Burnout
Subject: Job demands
Subject: Musculoskeletal
Subject: Surgery
Subject: Health professionals
Year: 2019
Type: Article
Title: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN BURNOUT AND SUBJECTIVE MUSCULOSKELETAL COMPLAINTS IN SURGICAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Author: Dragan Mijakoski
Author: Jovanka Karadzinska-Bislimovska
Author: Bislimovska, Dragana
Author: Jordan Minov
Author: Sasho Stoleski
Author: Goshevska, Jasmina
Abstract: Aim. The objective of the actual study was to determine the predictive value of burnout for the occurrence of subjective musculoskeletal complaints in surgical health professionals (HPs). Methods. A cross-sectional study analyzing different profiles of surgical HPs (30 surgeons, 30 surgical nurses, 30 physicians (non-surgeons), 30 non-surgical nurses, and 30 administrative and technical workers). Burnout was assessed by the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Hospital Experience Scale was applied for the assess-ment of job demands. Determination of predictive value of different factors for the occurrence of subjective musculoskeletal complaints included testing of various models of logistic regression. Results. Participants with high/medium emotional ex-haustion morefrequently complained about back pain (46.2% vs. 22%; χ2=8.97; p=0.003) and lower limb pain (30.8% vs. 15.3%; χ2=4.64; p=0.031) compared to parti-cipants with low emotional exhaustion. Participants with burnout compared to those who didnot have this syn-drome, more frequently complained about back pain (54.5% vs. 29.2%; χ2=8.57; p=0.003) and upper limb pain (20.5% vs. 3.8%; χ2=10.93; p=0.001). The occurrence of back pain was predicted by physical demands (exp b=2.27, 95%CI 1.06-4.87, p<0.05) and emotional exhaustion (exp b=1.06, 95%CI 1.02-1.09, p<0.01) and the occurrence of upper limb pain by physical demands (exp b=4.31, 95%CI 1.3-14.26, p<0.05) and depersonalization (exp b=1.18, 95%CI 1.08-1.29, p<0.001). Conclusion. Both job demands and burnout predict the occurrence of subjective musculoskeletal complaints. Adequate management of job demands can lead to pre-vention of burnout and musculoskeletal complaints in surgical HPs.
Publisher: Macedonian Medical Association
Relation: Macedonian Medical Review
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/9831
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/9831
