Comparison of Psychological Well-Being of Surgical and Non-Surgical Specialty Physicians Working in a Hospital using the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28)

Tolga Eroğlu; Defne Altuğ; Alagül Erdem; İlkim Nira Yerlikaya; Nadi Bakırcı

doi:10.31067/acusaglik.1077374

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Comparison of Psychological Well-Being of Surgical and Non-Surgical Specialty Physicians Working in a Hospital using the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28)

Abstract

Purpose: Psychological well-being of a physician affects the physician’s mental and physical health, even the patient-physician relationship. This article aims to evaluate and compare the psychological well-being of surgeons and internists in a hospital and to investigate the relationship with relevant variables. Method: Full-time physicians working in a private hospital in Istanbul between 15-30 April 2019 participated in this study. With General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), the frequency of Probable Psychiatric Cases (PPCs) was determined. The GHQ-28 results were compared with the physician’s specialty, demographic information, and answers to the job satisfaction questions that we prepared. Moreover, the relationship between these answers and the physician’s specialty was evaluated. Results: 84 (37.3%) of 225 physicians (Confidence Level= 95%, Margin of Error= 8%) participated in the study. 19 (22.6%) physicians were found a PPC with a GHQ-28 score of ≥5. Of these 19 people, 11 were surgeons and 8 were internists. The frequency of PPCs was found as 25.6% in surgeons and 19.5% in internists (p>0.05). While 90.8% of non-PPCs were satisfied with their working environment, this rate was 68.4% in PPCs (p=0.038). There was no significant difference in the answers to job satisfaction questions between the surgeons and internists (p>0.05). Conclusion: There was no relationship between the physician’s specialty and being a PPC. A relationship was found between not being a PPC and being satisfied with the physician’s working environment and it should be considered in the evaluation of the mental health of the physicians.

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We would like to thank Yılmaz Onat Köylüoğlu for making the necessary edits in the language of the article.

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English

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Public Health , Environmental Health

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Research Article

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Tolga Eroğlu ^*
0000-0003-3404-2754
Türkiye

Defne Altuğ
0000-0001-9707-2112
Türkiye

Alagül Erdem
0000-0002-0567-5424
Türkiye

İlkim Nira Yerlikaya
0000-0002-2669-6865
Türkiye

Nadi Bakırcı
0000-0002-1614-5517
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 17, 2023

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February 22, 2022

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December 31, 2022

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Year 2023 Volume: 14 Number: 2

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https://doi.org/10.31067/acusaglik.1077374

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Eroğlu T, Altuğ D, Erdem A, Yerlikaya İN, Bakırcı N (March 1, 2023) Comparison of Psychological Well-Being of Surgical and Non-Surgical Specialty Physicians Working in a Hospital using the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 14 2 221–227.

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