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- Title
Stress in surgeons.
- Authors
Green, A.; Duthie, H. L.; Young, H. L.; Peterst, T. J.
- Abstract
A sample of 1000 members of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland was circulated with a postal questionnaire relating to their occupational stressors, their type A coronary-prone behaviour and their mental health. Six hundred and seventy-two (67 per cent) useable forms were returned anonymously. The major individual stressors were: (1) the interference of the job with personal life, (2) general administration, and (3) the number of patients in clinics. Type A behaviour was similar to that of other professional groups. Surgeons showed mean scores significantly higher than the general population on two subscales of the mental health index (free-floating anxiety and hysterical anxiety). The findings for the few female surgeons (2 per cent) were similar to those in men but they did not exhibit raised free-floating anxiety levels.
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 1990, Vol 77, Issue 10, p1154
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bjs.1800771024