Physical activity and burnout in general practititoner of hospital emergency room in Palembang

Dian Mustikarini 1, Abdullah Shahab 2, Puji Rizki Suryani 2, Syarifah Aini 2 and Bintang Arroyantri Prananjaya 2

1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Sriwijaya, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.       
2 Department of Pshyciatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sriwijaya, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(01), 660–667
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.1.0641
 
Publication history: 
Received on 06 February 2023; revised on 12 April 2023; accepted on 14 April 2023
 
Abstract: 
Burnout is a serious problem that usually occurs in workers who often interact with humans, one of them is medical personnel. For doctors, it has a huge impact for quality of care and patient safety. General practitioners in the ER are often faced with spontaneous events, demands for the right decision and treatment as soon as possible. These stressors increase the chance of burnout in the emergency room doctor. The cause of burnout from internal factor is lifestyle. This research is important in order to understand the relationship between physical activity and burnout that occurs in general practitioners in the ER, as an effort to provide a burnout prevention practically and independently by each individual. This research was an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional design based on primary data from the Indonesian language GPAQ and MBI questionnaires. The subjects were 45 general practitioners in emergency room of several hospitals in Palembang. Overall, 61.5% respondents experienced low level burnout, while for the high level was 14.7%. Almost 50% of the respondents have low level category of physical activity. The results of Kendall's tau-b analysis showed the weak correlation between physical activity and two dimensions in a positive direction. The level of physical activity has a significant relationship with the risk of burnout in the emotional exhaustion and decreased self accomplishment dimensions of general practitioners of Hospital ER in Palembang. In the others, the level of physical activity did not have a significant relationship with the depersonalization dimension of burnout
 
Keywords: 
Burnout; Physical Activity; General Practitioner; Emergency Room
 
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