Stress Levels, Attitudes towards Specialty and Job Satisfaction among Indian Urologists- A Cross Sectional Study

• Published in: Journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences Vol. 8; no. 42; pp. 3130 - 3134
• Main Authors: Todakar, Mahantesh, Bhat, Gajanan, Prabha, Vikram, Devaraju, Shishir, Prakash, H.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Akshantala Enterprises Private Limited 21.10.2019
• Subjects: Burn out (Psychology); Career choice; Career development; Job satisfaction; Job stress; Problem solving; Stress (Psychology); Surveys; India
• ISSN: 2278-4748; 2278-4802
• DOI: 10.14260/jemds/2019/679

BACKGROUND Urology is a vast specialty in medical science and a career as a urologist is demanding, both physically and mentally. The attitudes towards specialty, stress levels, causes of stress, and job satisfaction were assessed among Indian Urologists. METHODS Three hundred pretested questionnaires were provided to the Urologists attending various national level conferences in India out of which 208 were received back. The collected data were statistically analysed using SPSS Version 20. RESULTS Around 39% of urologists expressed that they are not happy, being a urologist. Given a chance, 52.9% of urologists denied taking Medicine again as their career choice at this point of time and wished to change their profession from medicine to different fields. Around 42% of urologists feel stressed at workplace and stress is more among young urologists and urologists involved in private practice. CONCLUSIONS There is high prevalence of stress among Indian urologists especially young and free-lancing urologists. MCI and USI need to look into these matters and initiate problem preventing and problem solving strategies as there is a large amount of evidence regarding the ill effects of high stress levels and burnout. KEY WORDS Urology, Stress, Burnout, Job Satisfaction