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Burnout among healthcare providers is known to have severe personal consequences and to adversely affect patient care. To identify characteristics associated with burnout in oncology, investigators used standardized survey instruments to conduct a cross-sectional study of 3000 U.S. medical oncologists in the American Society of Clinical Oncology membership file. The survey sample was evenly distributed by career stage and sex.
The response rate was 49.7%. At least one symptom of burnout (emotional exhaustion or depersonalization) was reported in 44.7% of respondents. Multivariate analysis showed that younger age and number of hours worked per week (average, 57.6) were independent risk factors for burnout. Most oncologists were satisfied with…