STRESS AMONG YOUNG EGYPTIAN ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS

Abstract

The practice of medicine offers many satisfactions, but there have been increasing sources of stress in the profession and increasing signs of stress-related problems among physicians.

Throughout their education, training and practice, anaesthetists develop unhealthy work styles, unbalanced life styles, psychological inhibitions and emotional unresponsiveness. The demands and rigors they encounter foster an excessive work ethic, while t11e social and recreational activities requisite to psychological well being and stress abatement are relegated to a status of lesser worth, postponed, or even rejected.

It's unlikely that optimal medical care can be delivered by unhappy or maladapted physicians. A description of anaesthetists' stresses and adaptations would facilitate educational, personal, and social changes that could improve the quality of medical care.

The aim of this study was to explore the main causes of stress among young Egyptian anaesthetists, filling informational voids, and encourage anaesthetists to incorporate stress management into their lives.