Chronic occupational stress among doctors of therapeutic and surgical profiles

Features of professional burnout among doctors of therapeutic and surgical profile S.A. Babanov, M.V. Lysova Samara State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Samara, Russia Resume. The purpose of the work is to study the features of professional burnout among doctors of therapeutic and surgical profiles of general and specialized profiles. The study included: group 1 – gastroenterologists (n=52 people); group 2 – cardiologists (n=58 people); group 3 – oncologists of therapeutic profile (n=48 people); group 4 – general surgeons (n=71 people); group 5 - surgeons of the cardiovascular profile (n=30 people); group 6 – surgeons of the oncological surgical profile (n=65 people); 7 -control group: engineering, technical and economic workers who are not related to work in medical organizations (healthy) (n=75 people). The assessment of the level of professional burnout among medical workers was carried out using the MBI methodology developed by K.Maslach, S.Jackson, adapted by N.E.Vodopyanova. The statistical analysis was carried out using the RStudio programming language and environment (R v.4.4.1, RStudio 2024.09.1+394). The results of the study showed that the professional activity of doctors of therapeutic and surgical profile is associated with the effects of chronic occupational stress, leading to the development of professional burnout. The data obtained indicate the need to use specialized rehabilitation measures for physicians using relaxation techniques, art therapy, and professional adaptation programs when identifying risk factors for increasing the level of professional burnout among medical professionals providing medical care in hospitals of general therapeutic, general surgical, and specialized profiles; physiotherapy techniques such as electrosleep and reflexotherapy, if possible, sanatorium-resort treatment in sanatoriums, local sanatoriums, etc. with visits to psychotherapy rooms, as well as psychopharmacological drugs.