Assessment of professional burnout and quality of life among regional physicians

Objective: to identify professional burnout and to assess the quality of life (QoL) of physicians in the regional health care system. Material and methods. In the study of the influence of professional burnout on the QoL of physicians, 594 physicians from medical organizations of the region and 327 physicians working in rural health care of the Saratov region took part. The questionnaire «Emotional burnout» by V. V. Boyko was used to assess the level of professional burnout. The respondents' QoL was assessed using the standardized World Health Organization Quality of Life-100 questionnaire (WHOQoL-100). Results. In regional healthcare 52.6% of physicians suffer from professional burnout, in rural healthcare — 79.8%. In regional health care 29.8% of physicians have the resistance stage, 19.3% — the exhaustion stage; in rural health care the distribution by stages of emotional burnout was 22.9% and 52.9% of physicians, respectively. The main indicators of the QoL of physicians with different phases of professional burnout in rural healthcare are recorded in subspheres: F2 «Life activity, energy and fatigue», F12 «Ability to work», sphere «Environment». Conclusion. The majority of physicians in regional health care suffer from professional burnout, to a greater extent in rural health care. Professional burnout of the majority of physicians in rural healthcare is determined in the phase of «exhaustion». The main indicators of the QoL of physicians suffering from professional burnout in rural health care of the region are highlighted.