Behavioral Health and Burnout Among Physician Mothers Who Care for a Person With a Serious Health Problem, Long-term Illness, or Disability

Veronica Yank; Carolyn Rennels; Eleni Linos; Esther K Choo; Reshma Jagsi; Christina Mangurian

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6411

Behavioral Health and Burnout Among Physician Mothers Who Care for a Person With a Serious Health Problem, Long-term Illness, or Disability

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Apr 1;179(4):571-574. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.6411.

Authors

Veronica Yank¹, Carolyn Rennels², Eleni Linos³, Esther K Choo⁴, Reshma Jagsi⁵, Christina Mangurian⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Medical student, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
³ Program for Clinical Research, Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.
⁴ Center for Policy & Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland.
⁵ Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Weill Institute for Neurosciences, Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This survey study evaluates behavioral health risks and burnout among physician mothers who have caregiving responsibilities for persons in addition to their patients and children.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Behavior*
Burnout, Professional / epidemiology
Burnout, Professional / psychology*
Disability Evaluation*
Disabled Persons / psychology*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Job Satisfaction
Male
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Mothers / psychology*
Personal Satisfaction
Physicians / psychology*
Retrospective Studies
Stress, Psychological / epidemiology
Stress, Psychological / psychology*
Time Factors
United States / epidemiology

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding