Burnout and Empathy: A Cross Sectional Study among Psychiatrists Practicing in Gujarat State

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Background: Burnout is a very common phenomenon which is experienced by almost all of the healthcare professionals in certain period of time in any field. Psychiatry is also one of the subject in which professionals may feel burnout very frequently; as psychiatrists had to deal with emotions of patients and their caregivers daily. Empathy, which is a core aspect of healthy patient doctor relationship and it is highly necessary for a psychiatrist for achievement of good therapeutic outcome. Aim and Objective: To assess level of burnout and empathy among psychiatrists practicing in Gujarat state. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted by circulating online questionnaire survey among Psychiatrist of Gujarat state from December 2023 to April 2024, questionnaire was made by using maslach burnout inventory & Jefferson scale for physician empathy & sociodemographic factors. Total 31 psychiatrists had participated in study from Gujarat state. Results: In our study mean score of burnout was 55.77 ± 9.88, while mean score for empathy was 82.35 ± 7.49. Overall around 16-19% of Psychiatrists had moderate to high scoring in 3 subscales of MBI. Conclusion: Although burnout is not a disease some measures are needed to prevent frequent burnout among psychiatrists.

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Mobin, B., Reema, V., Naren, A., & Khushboo, P. (2024). Burnout and Empathy: A Cross Sectional Study among Psychiatrists Practicing in Gujarat State. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13381021