Work-Family Conflict and Burnout among Female Medical Doctors in Selected Hospitals Abuja
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Burnout is a sign of long-range exhaustion and deteriorated challenge that affects the wellbeing
and health of individuals; it cuts across gender and has no regional boundary. The study
investigated the influence of work-family conflict on burnout among female medical doctors.
Method of both quantitative and qualitative research techniques was employed. A structured
questionnaire was distributed among female doctors in selected hospitals. The in-depth
interview was conducted with one senior female medical doctor in each hospital visited. The
hospitals were those whose management obliged us the permission for the interview among
identified hospitals in Abuja, Nigeria. Data were analysed using univariate bivariate and
multivariate statistical techniques. For the in-depth interview, data were analysed using content
analytic procedure. Individual items on three burnout categories were included in the analysis
on a 7point scale. Regression model was used to analyse work-family conflict and burnout and
it is statistically significant. The result indicated that emotional exhaustion only burnout factor
hat predicts work-family conflict. A One-way Anova model was also used to discover the
significant difference in the number of practice years an emotional exhaustion between groups.
A descriptive mean also indicated that 0-5years of practice duration had the lowest mean and
are more likely to experience emotional exhaustion. The study concluded that female doctors
go through emotional exhaustion which is a major aspect in burnout. Also, female doctors at
the earliest stage of their career experienced burnout unlike those at the latest stages.
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H Social Sciences (General), HA Statistics