Analysis of the correlation between doctors' job burnout and medical errors / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To identify the correlation between doctors' job burnout and medical errors.Methods In stage 1,a cross-sectional retrospective survey on doctors' job burnout and medical errors was conducted for 300 doctors serving in the First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University,who were randomly sampled in June 2013.The survey covered basic demographic information,self-assessed job burnout and medical errors.In stage 2,231 doctors without medical errors in stage 1 were selected for a prospective study focusing on a follow-up on their medical errors within half a year.Results Medical errors were found to influence job burnout of doctors significantly.Multiple logistic regression analysis was made based on the three independent variables of A-emotional exhaustion,B-depersonalization,and C personal sense of accomplishment,and the dependent variables Y1 and Y2 indicating the occurrence or non-occurrence of common medical errors or serious medical errors,respectively.The calculation aims to identify if there is line relationship among the three independent variables.Conclusions This study suggests that all kinds of medical errors influence job burnout;scores of the three dimensions of job burnout may be predictors of occurrence of different medical errors.