Effects of work burden, job strain and support on depressive symptoms and burnout among Japanese physicians

• Authors: Yasuaki Saijo , Shigeru Chiba , Eiji Yoshioka , Yasuyuki Kawanishi , Yoshihiko Nakagi , Toshihiro Itoh , Yoshihiko Sugioka , Kazuyo Kitaoka-Higashiguchi , Takahiko Yoshida

Abstracts

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Objectives: Days off, on call, night duty, working hours and job stress can affect physicians’ mental health, and support from supervisors and co-workers may have a buffering effect. This study elucidates whether job strain and job factors affect physicians’ mental health, and whether support from supervisors and co-workers has a protective effect on their mental health. Material and Methods: The subjects included 494 physicians. The Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ) was used to evaluate job demand, job control and support. High job strain was defined as a combination of high job demand and low job control. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. The Maslach Burnout Inventory- General Survey was used to evaluate burnout. Possible confounder adjusted logistic regression analyses were performed to obtain odds ratios for depressive symptoms and burnout. Results: As per the analysis, high job strain had significantly higher odds ratios, and support from co-workers had significant protective odds ratios for depressive symptoms. High job strain and having only 2–4 days off per month (compared to > 8 days off per month) had significantly higher odds ratios, and support from co-workers had significant protective odds ratios for burnout. Conclusions: High job strain was related to depressive symptoms and burnout, and support from co-workers had a buffering effect on depressive symptoms and burnout. An inadequate number of days off was related to burnout. Assessment of job strain may be a good tool to measure physicians’ mental health, and a sufficient number of days off may be needed to prevent burnout.

Keywords

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social support; depressive symptoms; burnout; job satisfaction; job strain; physician

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 980-992

Dates

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2014

Contributors

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Yasuaki Saijo

• Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

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Shigeru Chiba

• Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

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Eiji Yoshioka

• Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

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Yasuyuki Kawanishi

• Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

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Yoshihiko Nakagi

• Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

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Toshihiro Itoh

• Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

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Yoshihiko Sugioka

• Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

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Kazuyo Kitaoka-Higashiguchi

• Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

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Takahiko Yoshida

• Department of Health Science, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13382-014-0324-2

Biblioteka Nauki

2179013