Rinsho Shinkeigaku (Clinical Neurology)

Committee Report

Burnout in Japanese neurologists: comparison of male and female physicians

Makoto Kubo, Ph.D., Ph.D. (Psychology)1), Ikuko Aiba, M.D., Ph.D.2), Takayoshi Shimohata, M.D., Ph.D.3), Nobutaka Hattori, M.D., Ph.D.4), Kazuto Yoshida, M.D., Ph.D.5), Yoshiko Unno, M.D., Ph.D.6), Kazumasa Yokoyama, M.D.4), Takashi Ogawa, M.D.4), Yumiko Kaseda, M.D., Ph.D.7), Ryoko Koike, M.D., Ph.D.8), Yuko Shimizu, M.D., Ph.D.9), Yoshio Tsuboi, M.D., Ph.D.10), Manabu Doyu, M.D., Ph.D.11), Sonoko Misawa, M.D., Ph.D.12), Takafumi Miyachi, M.D., Ph.D.13), Tatsushi Toda, M.D., Ph.D.14), Atsushi Takeda, M.D., Ph.D.15) and Committee for Career Development Promotion, Japanese Society of Neurology

1) Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University
2) Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Higashinagoya National Hospital
3) Department of Neurology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine
4) Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine
5) Department of Neurology, Japanese Red Cross Society Asahikawa Hospital
6) Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kyorin University School of Medicine
7) Department of Neurology, Hiroshima City Rehabilitation Hospital
8) Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Nishiniigata Chuo Hospital
9) Department of Neurology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine
10) Department of Neurology, Fukuoka University
11) Department of Neurology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine
12) Department of Neurology, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine
13) Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Yanai Medical Center
14) Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
15) Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Sendai Nishitaga Hospital

A questionnaire survey was conducted on 8,402 members of the Japanese Neurological Society to examine the current status and countermeasures for physician burnout, and 1,261 respondents (15.0%) responded. In this paper, we report the results of a comparison between male and female physicians. There was a significant difference in working and living conditions only for married people. It was confirmed that men work under stricter conditions in terms of working hours, and that the burden on women is heavier in the division of housework. Analysis using the Japanese Burnout Scale revealed no gender differences in overall scores, but as for factors related to burnout, in addition to factors common to both men and women, factors specific to men or women were clarified.
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(CLINICA NEUROL, 61: 219|227, 2021)
key words: burnout, physician, gender, neurologist, the Japanese Burnout Scale

(Received: 21-Nov-20)