The professional burnout syndrome in radiologists

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess the incidence of professional burnout syndrome among radiologists. The study was conducted in a group of 70 radiologists of the Lublin region using a questionnaire designed by the authors and Burnout Scale prepared by Steuden and Okła. In the whole group, the level of burnout was found to be moderate, the individual indices, however, showed high burnout levels in 37.1% of the radiologists, moderate levels in 51.5% and low ones in only 11.4% The individual elements of the burnout syndrome (reduced emotional control, loss of the subject's commitment, reduced effectiveness of action, limited interpersonal contacts and physical fatigue) were moderate in relation to the whole group with the highest incidence (52.9%) of high levels in the subscale evaluating physical fatigue. No correlation was found between sex, length of work and level of burnout, yet the relationship with the number of additional jobs was significant. The highest level of burnout was observed in the radiologists working 10 - 19 years (71.4% of high indices, 23.8% of moderate indices); in this group, the levels of all structural elements of professional burnout syndrome were high.