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Increased levels of stress burnout linked to inexperience and interventional gastroenterology
Structured interviews designed to measure the stressors in gastroenterology practice have revealed that exciting but rapid advances in the field may be taking an increasingly high psychological toll on younger interventional gastroenterologists.
“Less experience is related to more stress and burnout, with junior [interventional gastroenterologists] reporting the highest levels,” the study authors said.
To increase the reliability of their findings, the researchers devised a new scale, the Gastroenterologist Stress Inventory, and validated its accuracy. Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews that were then thematically coded to create this new measure of stress in gastroenterology practice.
Four gastroenterologists were interviewed and 489 completed an online survey. Endoscopists in the study completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Gastroenterologist Stress Inventory and provided data on training, practice and demographics.
The authors said their findings indicate a need for “interventions to reduce gastroenterologist stress and burnout” with a special focus on less experienced interventional gastroenterologists.
Disclosures: The researchers revealed no relevant financial disclosures.
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