MedPage Today September 15, 2022
— “It’s really important to consider both factors in tandem,” says lead author of meta-analysis
Physician burnout was associated with career disengagement and poorer patient care, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of over 200,000 physicians.
Among 170 observational studies, physicians with more burnout were twice as likely to be involved in patient safety incidents (OR 2.04, 95% CI 1.69-2.45), reported Alexander Hodkinson, PhD, MSc, of the U.K.’s National Institute for Health and Care Research, and colleagues in The BMJ.
Previous studies have focused primarily on linking burnout with patient safety and outcomes, mostly overlooking how burnout’s effects on physician career development and attitude plays into the picture, Hodkinson told MedPage Today.
This meta-analysis showed that physicians with more...
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