Background: Burnout carries a potential negative effect on the individual’s psychological and physical health, as well as an organization’s effectiveness. Therefore, it is recognized worldwide as a major challenge to workers’ health and the functioning of their organizations. Objectives: Determine the prevalence of burnout among physicians in the primary health care facilities and identify the physical predictors of burnout syndrome. Participants & Methods: The study was a cross sectional study conducted on 76 physicians in El Kanater El Kharaia distract PHC units & centers in Qalubia Governorate, Egypt. It was conducted in the context of 10 months. All the participants were interviewed using Maslach burnout inventory. Results: Nearly 66.7% of the general practioners (GPs) had high burnout while only 26.7% of specialists had high burnout. Emotional exhaustion was higher in GPs than family physician and specialist. It was 80.7%, 75% and 46.7% respectively (p value < 0.001). High depersonalization was in GPs resembling 89.5% compared to 50% and 40% in family physician and specialist respectively (p value < 0.001). Nearly two third of the specialists had high personal accomplishment in comparison to 40.3% and 22% in GPs & family physicians. Multivariate regression analysis showed that the most relevant risk factor for burnout was low income and the most relevant physical predictors for burnout were being angry and being hurry (p value < 0.05). Conclusion: Primary care physicians suffer from burnout more than family physicians and specialists. High burnout was prevalent with those under 30 years old and less than 5 years of experience.
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