Occupational stress, work-home interference and burnout among Belgian veterinary practitioners

Irish Veterinary Journal

F Rollin¹  F Schins²  I Hansez² 

[1] University of Liège, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Clinic for Ruminants, Liège, Belgium;University of Liège, Faculty of Psychology, Work Psychology Department, Liège, Belgium

关键词: work-home interference;    veterinary surgeons;    job stress;    job engagement;    burnout;   

Others  :  1150259
DOI  :  10.1186/2046-0481-61-4-233

【 摘 要 】

There have been few formal studies on stress in veterinary surgeons and, in the rare studies available, stress is not examined jointly through the levels of job strain and job engagement, the sources of stress in the issue of work environment and the work-home interference. The authors' goal in this study was to analyse job engagement, job strain, burnout, work-home interference and job stress factors among 216 Belgian veterinary surgeons. Rural practice was compared to small animal and mixed activity. The mean job strain and job engagement level in veterinary surgeons was not higher than what we found in other working populations. However, 15.6% of the group were found to be suffering from high burnout. Rural practitioners had a lower level of job engagement than small animal veterinary surgeons. These small animal practitioners had a lower level of job strain than the mixed practitioners. The level of burnout did not differ significantly across the three types of activity. In comparison to other Belgian and Dutch workers, veterinary surgeons perceived more negative work-home interference. Bovine and mixed practitioners were the most concerned with this problem. The two most important sources of stress reported by bovine practitioners were relations to farmers and working time management (including emergencies and availability).

   

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