Study: Work-Home Conflicts Often Lead to Physician Burnout

A little more than 44 percent of physicians and nearly 56 percent of their employed partners experienced work-home conflict within the time frame of three weeks, according to a study published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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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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