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abstract
BACKGROUND
The
current study was conducted to examine gender differences in the effect
of grief reactions and burnout on emotional distress among clinical
oncologists.
METHODS
The
participants included a convenience sample of 178 oncologists from
Israel (52 of whom were women) and Canada (48 of whom were women).
Oncologists completed a questionnaire package that included a
sociodemographic survey, the General Health Questionnaire, a burnout
measure, and the Adult Oncologists Grief Questionnaire. To examine the
effect of grief reactions and burnout on emotional distress while
controlling for country and past depression within each gender, 2
hierarchical linear regression analyses were computed.
RESULTS
Female
oncologists reported significantly more grief responses to patient
death (mean, 47.72 [standard deviation (SD), 8.71] and mean, 44.53 [SD,
9.19], respectively), more emotional distress (mean, 12.41 [SD, 4.36]
and mean, 10.64 [SD, 3.99], respectively), and more burnout (mean, 2.59
[SD, 1.69] and mean, 1.84 [SD, 1.5], respectively). For both genders,
higher levels of grief reactions were associated with greater emotional
distress among those who reported high levels of burnout (P<.001).
However, for men, the association between grief reactions and emotional
distress also was documented at moderate levels of burnout (P<.001).
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