Quality of Life among Surgical Residents at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
| Title: | Quality of Life among Surgical Residents at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Authors: | Almailabi MM; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.; Alajmi RS; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.; Balkhy AL; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.; Khalifa MJ; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.; Mikwar ZA; Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City for the National Guard, Western Region, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.; Khan MA; College of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. |
| Source: | Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences [Open Access Maced J Med Sci] 2019 Dec 13; Vol. 7 (23), pp. 4163-4167. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 13 (Print Publication: 2019). |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI Country of Publication: North Macedonia NLM ID: 101662294 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1857-9655 (Print) Linking ISSN: 18579655 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Open Access Maced J Med Sci Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Skopje, Republic of Macedonia : Scientific Foundation SPIROSKI; Original Publication: Skopje, Republic of Macedonia : ID Design Press, [2013]- |
| Abstract: | Background: Surgical residency program is considered one of the toughest residency programs, which affects quality of life of the residents during training years. To date, no study has evaluated quality of life among residents, especially surgical residents here in Saudi Arabia.; Aim: The objective of this study is to evaluate quality of life among surgical residents.; Methods: The study is a cross-sectional study conducted during September 2018 in King Khalid Hospital at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study utilized the Work-Related Quality of Life, WRQoL, scale which measures perceived quality of life covering six domains: General Well-Being (GWB), Home-Work Interface (HWI), Job and Career Satisfaction (JCS), Control at Work (CAW), Working Conditions (WCS) and Stress at Work (SAW), in addition to demographic questions, asking about (age, gender, marital status, resident level, specialty, BMI, smoking, number of days of exercise per week, hours of sleep per day, on-calls per month, clinics per week, operations per week).; Results: Of the 99 surgical residents training at KAMC, 73 residents returned the survey with a response rate of 72.8%. The mean age of the residents was 28 ± 2.1 years with the mean BMI of 25 kg/m2. 54.8% were married, and 42.5% were smokers. Half of the residents (50.7%) working in King Abdulaziz Medical City have low work-related quality of life. In comparison between male and female residents' overall Quality of life, there was no significant difference between them (p = 0.363).; Conclusions: Our main study finding is that half of the residents (50.7%) working at KAMC has low work-related quality of life, and there is no significant difference between male and female residents. Further studies are needed to determine the causes and improve the work-related quality of life among surgical residents.; (Copyright: © 2019 Malik M. Almailabi, Rakan S. Alajmi, Atheel L. Balkhy, Mohammed J. Khalifa, Zaher A. Mikwar, Muhammad A. Khan.) |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Burnout; Quality of life; Stress; Surgical residents |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20200314 Latest Revision: 20240727 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC7061387 |
| DOI: | 10.3889/oamjms.2019.854 |
| PMID: | 32165970 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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