Researchers surveyed 89,831 physicians, of which 7,288 completed the survey. More than 1,600 provided the email contact information of their partner. Researchers surveyed the partners and 891 responded.
The study also found that physicians who had experienced a recent work-home conflict were 47.1 percent more likely to have symptoms of burnout, whereas physicians who had not experienced a recent work-home conflict were only 26.6 percent likely to have burnout symptoms.
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