Lack Of Control Over Work Environment Fosters Burnout Among Physicians, Study Finds

MedPage Today (11/25, DePeau-Wilson ) reports, “Lack of control over their work environment fostered burnout among physicians, along with an increased desire to bail out of the organization, according to a multi-institutio nal study.” An “analysis of data from 2,339 physicians revealed that those who reported having poor control over their workload had higher levels of burnout (OR 3.83, 95% CI 2.99-4.90),” according to investigators. The findings were published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

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