The 2023 “Physician Burnout & Depression Report” surveyed 9,175 providers in more than 29 specialties from June 28 to Oct. 3 about how burnout and depression have affected them in the last year. Read more on the methodology here.
Five surveyed physicians told Medscape how burnout has affected their lives:
“I’m frequently in a bad mood and I don’t feel like doing anything or going anywhere.”
“I don’t want to get together with friends. I just want to be alone.”
“I isolate more and feel too fatigued to have an active social life.”
“I’ve become a negative person, which I didn’t used to be.”
“Only a sociopath could practice as an employee of a large health system and not be burned out. Anyone who cares about patients is doomed to burnout.”
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