Physical and Mental Health Among Surgeons in Gansu Province, China

作者：Hongjing Wang, Yue Wu, Tianchun Xu, Yanfei Shen, Yang Yan, Xie Huan, Jing He, Hui Cai · 发表于：IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1109/tcss.2022.3198109 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout、Diversity and Career in Medicine、Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

China is a developing country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, and people are demanding higher quality health care. Meanwhile, population aging and changes in the disease spectrum put new demands on medical and health services, indirectly promoting the rapid development of medicine and raised the tension of physician–patient relationship, which has led to increasing pressure on doctors, especially surgeons. Notably, the high risk of major operation and complicated postoperative conditions result in high comprehensive quality and high mental pressure of surgeons. In addition, the long hours for major operations, bright light stimulation, and fixed positions with a long time led to heavier burden for surgeons, whose physical and mental health need to be focused and researched. Thus, in this study, from May 1, 2021 to July 30, 2021, 316 surgeons in the Provincial General Hospital of Gansu were surveyed on their physical and mental health, and finally, the efficiency of questionnaires was 99%. The results found that most surgeons thought that they were under great pressure in scientific research, professional title, and work. About half of surgeons with experience of medical disputes felt depression and anxiety during medical disputes, of which only 8.14% did not receive professional psychological counseling. About one-third surgeons had different physical diseases and only 32% expressed that they had good physical health status. According to the result of self-report ...