Burn Out and Quality of Life at French General Practioners

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The suffering of caregivers is constantly increasing. General medicine, because of its primary role in primary care, is particularly exposed to the risk of burn-out and must protect itself. The aim of this study was to find an inverse relationship between health-related quality of life and being severely burned by French general practitioners.

Detailed Description
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descriptive quantitative cross-sectional study

Official Title
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Burn Out and Quality of Life at French General Practioners: is There a Link

Conditions
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Cross-Sectional Studies

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Dukes scale


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: french general practitioner in liberal activity Exclusion Criteria: retired doctor junior general practioner

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 30 Years
Maximum Age: 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Dukes scale|collection of questionnaires|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Assesment of Burn-out | Maslach Burn-out Inventory scale, 22 Items sort to 0 (never) at 6 (every day) 3 class : An emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and a reduction of personal accomplishment (AP) The emotional exhaustion (when emotional resources are exhausted, when the workers can no longer give their best, psychologically speaking.) The Depersonalization (reflects withdrawal, indifference to work) The lose of personal accomplishment (devaluation, negative self-evaluation at work) Our study focused on severe burn-out, defined by the combination of high EE and DP scores and low AP scores: A high EE is defined by a score > 30 A high PD is defined by a score > 12 A low PA is defined by a score < 33. | 30 days | 
| Assesment quality of life: Dukes Scale | The Duke Health Profile 17 items questionnaire. It assesses health-related quality of life and has 10 dimensions. The score of each of the 10 dimensions matches with the sum of the item scores, standardized from 0 to 100: For the 6 health scores (general, physical, mental, social, perceived health and self-esteem) 100 specifies the best HRQoL, For the 4 scores of the dysfunction dimension (anxiety, depression, pain, disability), 100 specifies the most significant dysfunction | 30 days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Socio-demographic data | age, (years) sex, (female, male) children, (children number) | 30 days | 
| Mode of practice | mode of practice (alone, group, liberal..), the number of hours worked, (hours) the number of monthly guards, (months) the number of daily acts, (acts number) the number of weeks of annual leave, (weeks) | 30 days | 
| Leisure time | he practice of a sports or leisure activity, (yes, not) he presence or absence of a work stoppage during the last twelve months (weeks) the duration, the need to have had to adjust his working time (yes, not) | 30 days | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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burn out, quality of life, general practioners, french