The Physical and Mental Well-Being of Medical Doctors in the Silesian Voivodeship

Ewa Niewiadomska (), Beata Łabuz-Roszak, Piotr Pawłowski and Agata Wypych-Ślusarska
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Ewa Niewiadomska: Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland
Beata Łabuz-Roszak: Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Opole, 45-040 Opole, Poland
Piotr Pawłowski: Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Upper Silesian Rehabilitation Center “Repty”, 57-126 Tarnowskie Góry, Poland
Agata Wypych-Ślusarska: Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences in Bytom, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-16

Abstract: Physical and mental well-being are important determinants of medical doctors’ lives, including their professional activity, which has a direct impact on the health and lives of patients. The aim of the study was to assess the health condition of medical doctors from the Silesian Voivodeship. The physical health condition, including the prevalence of chronic diseases, drug therapy, and pro-health activities, was assessed. Data on mental health according to the HADS scale (hospital anxiety and depression scale) referred to the selected socio-economic and professional aspects of life, as well as life and job satisfaction. The doctors most often reported diseases of the circulatory system and diseases of endocrine system, nutritional status and metabolic changes, allergies, and degenerative changes in the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. Chronic diseases and anxiety or depressive disorders affected doctors aged 50–80 years more frequently, and those doctors undertook preventive pro-health activities more often. The higher risks of anxiety and depression were related to their social and professional roles, lower economic status, overweight or obesity, chronic diseases, pharmacotherapy, diets, and chronic fatigue. On the other hand, frequent physical activity, a longer sleep duration, smaller weekly workload, type of rest, a higher sense of job satisfaction, and a higher level of life satisfaction reduced the risk of disorders. The health condition of medical doctors in the Silesian Voivodeship requires decisive remedial actions in the professional and non-professional spheres.

Keywords: health condition; anxiety disorders; depressive disorders; medical doctors; 2018 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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