Editorial
March 6, 2024
More and more general practitioners are experiencing burnout, according to the dissertation of general practitioner Nico Verhoef. He investigated why this happens, how to prevent it and what the most important consequences are for (GP) doctors: “I discovered that I have also had a burnout.”
Absenteeism due to illness among general practitioners increased from 3.2% to 5.2% between 2010 and 2020.1 This is higher than the average percentage of 4.9%. Burnout in particular plays a major role in this, according to research by Nico Verhoef: “Indirect patient care, including management tasks such as administration, is, in my opinion, the biggest cause of burnouts. I worked 70 hours a week for almost 25 years. That wasn’t fun anymore and it cost me a family. I was almost ready to hang up my stethoscope when the doctor’s office arrived. That brought relief, allowing me to return to my private life.”
“Make sure you don’t get home until after dinner every night.”
General practitioner Nico Verhoef
Maintain balance
In the relationship between influencing factors and burnout, the interaction between the work domain and the home domain (WHI) appears to play an important role as a mediator. This means, among other things, that a positive WHI can delay or prevent the onset of burnout. “Try to put your concerns into practice as much as possible and vice versa. I have taught myself to distance myself appropriately. When I left the village at seven or eight o’clock in the evening, I really had no idea who I would meet first in the morning.
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