Relationship of Training in Acupuncture to Physician Burnout

Article Figures & Data

Table 1.

Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians 2017 Annual Meeting Omnibus Survey Respondents

Characteristics	Survey Respondents, n (% or SD)
Practice setting (n = 216)
Clinical	97 (44.9%)
Nonclinical	105 (45.1%)
None of the above	14 (6.5%)
Race (n = 217)
White	186 (79.8%)
African American	8 (3.4%)
Asian American	10 (4.3%)
Native American/Alaskan Native	2 (0.9%)
Mixed or multiple ethnicities	8 (3.4%)
Other	3 (1.3%)
Gender (n = 219)
Male	143 (61.4%)
Female	76 (32.6%)
Mean percentage of time spent in clinical care (n = 210)	52.9 (SD, 32.42)
Mean years practice (n = 209)	11.67 (SD, 8.75)

Table 2.

Burnout Dimension Scores by Group

	No Acupuncture Training	Auricular or Medical Acupuncture Training	P Value
Emotional exhaustion^*	26.10 (95% CI, 22.82–29.37)	23.14 (95% CI, 20.33–25.94)	.188
Depersonalization^†	12.99 (95% CI, 11.12–14.85)	9.90 (95% CI, 8.29–11.51)	.017

Scores are estimated marginal means as calculated by an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), controlling for years practice and percentage of time in clinical practice.
↵* Range, 0–54, score increases with increased emotional exhaustion.
↵† Range: 0–30, score increases with increased depersonalization.
CI, confidential interval.