Review Article

Incidence and Factors Associated with Burnout in Anesthesiology: A Systematic Review

Table 3

Summary of factors identified as associated, neutral, and protective towards the development of burnout in anesthesiology.

FactorAssociated with burnoutNeutral effect on burnoutProtective effect on burnout

Younger age Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006
Shams and El-Masry, Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2013
Nyssen et al., Br J Anaesth 2003
Abut et al., Saudi J Anaesth 2012
Chiron et al., J Helth Psychol 2010
Magalhães et al. Rev Bras Anestesiol 2015 Downey et al., Middle East J Anaesthesiol 2013

Female gender De Oliveira Jr. et al., Anesth Analg 2013
Chiron et al., J Helth Psychol 2010
Goldhagen, Adv Med Educ Pract 2015
Van Der Wal et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2016 Magalhães et al. Rev Bras Anestesiol 2015
Abut et al., Saudi J Anaesth 2012
Shams and El-Masry, Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2013

Higher career stage Van Der Wal et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2016
Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006
Rui et al., J Eval Clin Prct 2016
Shams and El-Masry, Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2013
Chiron et al., J Helth Psychol 2010

High workload De Oliveira Jr. et al., Anesth Analg 2013
Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006
Magalhães et al. Rev Bras Anestesiol 2015
Sussman and Paul, Adv Med Edu Pract 2015
Rui et al., J Eval Clin Prct 2016
Nyssen et al., Br J Anaesth 2003
Downey et al., Middle East J Anaesthesiol 2013

Marital status Shams and El-Masry, Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2013 De Oliveira Jr. et al., Anesth Analg 2013
Magalhães et al., Rev Bras Anestesiol 2015
Abut et al., Saudi J Anaesth 2012
Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006

Parental status Abut et al., Saudi J Anaesth 2012
Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006 (females)
Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006 (males)

Low support from family De Oliveira Jr. et al., J Clin Anesth 2011
De Oliveira Jr. et al., Anesthesiology 2011

Supervision/job support Shams and El-Masry, Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J 2013
De Oliveira Jr. et al., Anesth Analg 2015

Academic practice Downey et al., Middle East J Anaesthesiol 2013
De Oliveira Jr. et al., J Clin Anesth 2011
De Oliveira Jr. et al., Anesthesiology 2011
Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006 Rui et al., J Eval Clin Prct 2016
Morais et al., Eur J Anaesthesiol 2006

Alcohol consumption De Oliveira Jr. et al., Anesth Analg 2013