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. 2016 Feb;181(2):136-42.
doi: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00449.

Health Care Provider Burnout in a United States Military Medical Center During a Period of War

Paul Sargent  1 , Jeffrey Millegan  1 , Eileen Delaney  2 , Scott Roesch  2 , Martha Sanders  2 , Heather Mak  1 , Leonard Mallahan  1 , Stephanie Raducha  2 , Jennifer Webb-Murphy  2
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Health Care Provider Burnout in a United States Military Medical Center During a Period of War

Paul Sargent et al. Mil Med. 2016 Feb.

Abstract

Objective: Provider burnout can impact efficiency, empathy, and medical errors. Our study examines burnout in a military medical center during a period of war.

Methods: A survey including the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), deployment history, and work variables was distributed to health care providers. MBI subscale means were calculated and associations between variables were analyzed.

Results: Approximately 60% of 523 respondents were active duty and 34% had deployed. MBI subscale means were 19.99 emotional exhaustion, 4.84 depersonalization, and 40.56 personal accomplishment. Frustration over administrative support was associated with high emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; frustration over life/work balance was associated with high emotional exhaustion.

Conclusions: Levels of burnout in our sample were similar to civilian medical centers. Sources of frustration were related to administrative support and life/work balance. Deployment had no effect on burnout levels.

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