Burnout Among Medical Doctors Working in Paediatric Intensive Care Units in Bulgaria

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202504.0310.v1
• Publication Date: 2025-04-07T02:31:56Z
• Authors: Mergyul Halilova; Darina Krumova; Tanya Zlateva; Tanya Teneva; Dimitar Pechilkov; Bogdan Mladenov; Blagomir Zdravkov; Ivan Ivanov; Daniela Avdjieva; Violeta Iotova

Introduction. Paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) provide special and comprehensive treatment to critically ill children. These factors lead the exposure of personnel stress risk developing burnout syndrome. Methods participants. In order evaluate syndrome among physicians employed at PICUs, we carried out our study between September December 2023. With authors' consent, used a survey that was published in June 2023 Acta Paediatrica (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com). The distributed working existing PICUs Bulgaria after being translated reviewed. Results. A total 37/43 (83.7%) doctors two clinical psychologists completed survey. More women than men took part study. Of respondents, 36% were paediatricians, 30% specialists Anesthesiology Intensive care. total, 70.3% staff reported 40-50 hours/week, 24.3% more 50 hours/week; 73% employees experienced an episode overheating, depression, anxiety. all, 75.6% felt exhausted from work, 43.2% defined themselves as "crushed”. Despite difficulties faced, majority express satisfaction with their work would choose same specialty again. Conclusion. This presents for first time quantitative data on Bulgarian physicians' PICUs. Burnout healthcare professionals is worldwide issue has detrimental effect productivity, patient quality, hiring medical personnel. Specific solutions are required, such establishment paediatric distinct specialty.