מילות מפתח: Burnout, Prevention, Physical work environment, Primary care

רקע מדעי ומטרה:

Physician burnout remains a prevalent issue globally, negatively affecting work satisfaction and patient
care. However, exploration of the physical work environments of physicians, a potential influencing factor for burnout,
remains scarce. The physical work environment is everything that surrounds the physician, including the doctor’s
office, the clinic, the clinic’s building, the waiting, and staff rooms. The aims of this study were to describe aspects
of the physical work environment of PCPs and to explore the association between the physical
work environment and burnout.

שיטות:

In this cross-sectional study, we emailed questionnaires to an online community of PCPs in Israel in October
2021.
We asked physicians about their satisfaction with their physical work environment, evaluated elements
of the work environment and assessed burnout status (with the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure, SMBM).

תוצאות:

221PCPs answered the questionnaire (27.6% response rate). Over a third
of respondents reported high burnout. PCPs who were satisfied with their general physical environment had lower
burnout rates than those who were unsatisfied (28.1% vs. 47.8%, p-value < 0.001). We found positive correlations
between general satisfaction with the physical work environment and the scores achieved for the doctor’s office,
the clinic, the clinic’s building, and the waiting room. In the multivariate analysis, high satisfaction with the general
physical work environment was associated with decreased odds for burnout (OR-0.50, 95% CI 0.25–0.99,
p-value-0.048).

מסקנות:

The doctor’s office, the clinic, the clinic’s building, and the waiting room affected general satisfaction
from the physical work environment. High satisfaction with the physical work environment reduced burnout rates.

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