Job Burnout and Related Influencing Factors in Family Physicians in Minhang District of Shanghai

Objective To assess job burnout of family physicians in Minhang District of Shanghai and related influencing factors.

Methods A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among all registered family physicians in Minhang District using Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey(MBI-GS), Job-Demand-Control-Support Model(JDC), and self-designed general demographic questionnaire from April to June in 2015. The influencing factors of job burnout were analyzed by χ² test and logistic model.

Results There were 414 family physicians attending this survey with a participation rate of 99.8%(414/415), 79.2% of which were identified with job burnout. For male family physicians, higher social support score was associated with lower positive job burnout rate(OR=0.188, P=0.005). For female family physicians, greater or equal to 50 years old(versus younger than 30 years old, OR=6.431, P=0.032), rotational shift work(OR=4.368, P=0.001), or positive occupational stress(OR=53.959, P=0.001) were associated with higher job burnout rate, but higher social support score was associated lower positive job burnout rate(OR=0.234, P=0.001).

Conclusion Job burnout is prevalent among the family physicians in Minhang District of Shanghai. Influencing factors of job burnout are social support in male family physicians, and age, shift work, social support, and occupational stress in female family physicians.