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Observational Study
. 2023 Jan 18;20(3):1771.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031771.

Incidence of Burnout Syndrome among Anesthesiologists and Intensivists in France: The REPAR Study

Barnabé Berger  1 , Pierre-Julien Cungi  2 , Ségolène Arzalier  3   4 , Thomas Lieutaud  5 , Lionel Velly  1   6 , Pierre Simeone  1   6 , Nicolas Bruder  1
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Observational Study

Incidence of Burnout Syndrome among Anesthesiologists and Intensivists in France: The REPAR Study

Barnabé Berger et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Burnout syndrome (BOS) impacts health workers and has become a real public health issue. The primary objective of this observational study was to re-evaluate the incidence of BOS among anesthesiologists and intensivists (AI) in France, ten years after the SESMAT study, a French Physician Health Survey carried out among burnout salaried AI. The secondary objective was to investigate risks factors.

Methods: The REPAR survey is an observational study carried in France among AI, residents, and seniors, whatever their main mode of practice, in the framework of a self-questionnaire distributed on the Internet from 11 April 2018 to 1 July 2018. BOS was assessed using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI). A score above 50% on two of the dimensions (personal burnout and work-related burnout) indicated BOS, as a main criterion. In order to investigate risks factors, questions were about sociodemographic characteristics, professional and extraprofessional environments, personality and mood using the Major Depression Inventory (MDI). A significance threshold of p < 0.05 was retained.

Results: Among 1519 questionnaires received, 1500 completed questionnaires were analyzed. There were 775 men (52%) and 721 women (48%), aged 23 to 74 years. Among those, 24% suffered from BOS, 9% showed depressive symptoms (MDI > 25) and 35% were considering changing jobs or stopping their studies. There was no significant difference with the SESMAT study for the general BOS score. After multivariate analysis, 12 variables were significantly associated with the main criterion.

Conclusions: Ten years after the SESMAT study, the incidence of BOS in AI has not decreased in the largest cohort of AI studied to date in France.

Keywords: burnout syndrome; depression; healthcare practitioners; mental health; quality of care; risk management.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interest.

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Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) score with total score and its three components to diagnose burnout syndrome (BO).
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Figure 2
Correlation between Major Depression Inventory (MDI) score and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) score among AI in REPAR study, (Linear R² = 0.52; p < 0.001).
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