Burnout syndrome and job satisfaction in assistant physicians working at Di̇cle University

Introduction and Aim:The term burnout syndrome was first described by Herbert Freundenberger in 1974. It is characterized by mental and physical energy depletion along with the stress associated with work in the long term. Freundenberger has described the burnout syndrome as 'a state of exhaustion in one's internal resources as a result of failure, wear, decreased energy and power, or unsatisfied demands.Job satisfaction is expressed as presenting the things that the worker deems important to him in his life. Job satisfaction is the pleasure or emotional state of an employee, as a result of evaluating their job or life. This study was carried out to investigate and evaluate the job satisfaction and burnout levels of physicians who are assistants at Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital. Material and Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 210 assistant physicians working in internal and surgical branches at Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital were included. Participants were asked to fill out Maslach Burnish Scale, Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale and sociodemographic data form. In our study, the effects of the participants working time in the profession, their branches and sociodemographic data on burnout syndrome and job satisfaction were evaluated.The analyis of the data was carried out by using SPSS 22 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Results:The average age of the participants is 29.26 ± 3.42 (min: 24, max: 46) and 70.5% of them are under the age of 30. 126 (60%) of the participants are men and 84 (40%) are women. The majority of the participants are single individuals (54.8%). Considering the income levels, while the number of people receiving under 10000 TL is 192, it constitutes a group of 91.4%. 147 (70%) of the participants have no children. When the averages of the points that the participants got from the Maslach Burnout Inventory are examined; Maslach Emotional Exhaustion subscale mean score was 30.6 ± 6.71, Maslach Depersonalization subscale mean score was 12.16 ± 4.46 and Maslach Personal Achievement mean score was 27.3 ± 4.95. There was no statistically significant difference between gender, child presence and working year, and the Maslach Burnish Scaleand Minnesota Job Satisfaction Scale subscale scores. A significant difference was found between the monthly income level and the ability to choose the expertise voluntarily and the sub-dimension scores of the Maslach Burnish Scale andMinnesota Job Satisfaction Scale. A significant difference was found between the number of monthly seizures and between Maslach Depersonalization and Maslach Emotional Exhaustion, between age and Minnesota Internal Satisfaction and between marital status andMinnesota Internal Satisfaction. Conclusion:As a result of our research, it was observed that burnout levels reached seriousdimensions in resident doctors, burnout caused a decrease in quality of life and had a negative impact on job satisfaction. This result shows that there is a relationship between burnout and job satisfaction and that they are interdependent and that assistant physicians and their management should produce more sensitive solutions. The support and efforts of assistant physicians and administrators in this regard will both reduce burnout levels, increase personal achievements and increase job satisfaction rates. KEYWORDS: Assistant physicians, burnout syndrome, job satisfaction, prevalence, quality of life.