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Stress and coping among consultant physicians working in Saudi Arabia.

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BACKGROUND:Exposure to stressful working conditions without adequate stress-coping strategies may lead to stress and even psychiatric morbidity. There are a dearth of studies on stress-coping strategies among consultant physicians in the Arabian Gulf. OBJECTIVES:Determine stress-coping strategies among consultants in Saudi Arabia and the relationship of strategies to level of stress. DESIGN:Analytical cross-sectional study. SETTINGS:Conducted between November 2014 and March 2015 among physician consultants registered at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Text messages were used to directly ask consultants to complete an online questionnaire. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The 28-item Brief COPE inventory and the Perceived Stress Scale. SAMPLE SIZE:582. RESULTS:The consultants were largely males (71%) and Saudi (56%), and their mean age was 46.9 (7.9) years. Adaptive stress-coping strategies were more frequently used than maladaptive stress-coping strategies (68% versus 49%). Stress levels were positively correlated with maladaptive stress-coping strategies (r=0.41, P less than .001) and negatively correlated with adaptive stress-coping strategies (r=-0.09, P=.026). Religion was the most frequently reported stress-coping strategy (79.6%) while alcohol drinking or substance use was the least frequently reported stress-coping strategy (28.0%). Females used both adaptive and maladaptive stress-coping strategies more than males (P=.002 and P less than .001, respectively). Stress management education/training was positively associated with frequent use of adaptive stress-coping strategies. CONCLUSIONS:Physician consultants generally cope well with work stressors. Nevertheless, there is still a critical need for stress management programs targeting consultants in order to further improve coping strategies. LIMITATIONS:The low response rate may negatively impact the validity and the generalizability of the current findings. The cross-sectional study design precluded the finding of any causal association. CONFLICT OF INTEREST:None.

journal_name

Ann Saudi Med

journal_title

Annals of Saudi medicine

authors

Alosaimi FD,Alawad HS,Alamri AK,Saeed AI,Aljuaydi KA,Alotaibi AS,Alotaibi KM,Alfaris EA

doi

10.5144/0256-4947.2018.214

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-05-01 00:00:00

pages

214-224

issue

eissn

0256-4947

issn

0975-4466

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Stress and coping among consultant physicians working in Saudi Arabia.