Satisfaction and stress factors in the radiologist's profession

Abstract

The aim of the study was to find out the opinions of radiologists concerning their work, sources of satisfaction and professional stress factors and to assess their relationship with the professional burnout syndrome. The study was conducted in the group of radiologists of the Lublin region using the questionnaire prepared by the authors and the Burnout Scale Inventory by Steuden and Okła. In the group of 70 radiologists, 75.7% found their conditions of work to be good and very good, 82.9% had at least one additional job and 72.9% defined their professional independence as satisfactory. Full professional satisfaction was declared by 80% of the radiologists. The most common sources of professional satisfaction (75.7-88.6%) listed were self-dependence in diagnoses and their clinical confirmation, the feeling that their job was meaningful. awareness of their own competence and appreciation shown by superiors and co-workers. The causes of work-related stress given by the radiologists included low salaries (95.7%), haste (92.9%), lack of sufficient data about patients (84.3%) and fear of misdiagnosis (81.4%). The study evaluated the incidence and level of individual factors in relation to the length of work. A correlation was found between the majority of stress sources listed by the radiologists and the professional burnout syndrome.