TY  - JOUR
T1  - The stress and happiness levels of gastroenterologists in Turkiye and factors influencing them
AU  - Cankurtaran, Rasim Eren
AU  - Turan Gökçe, Dilara
PY  - 2024
DA  - October
Y2  - 2024
DO  - 10.32322/jhsm.1544437
JF  - Journal of Health Sciences and Medicine
JO  - J Health Sci Med /JHSM /jhsm
PB  - MediHealth Academy Yayıncılık
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2636-8579
SP  - 598
EP  - 603
VL  - 7
IS  - 6
LA  - en
AB  - Aims: This study aimed to investigate the stress and happiness levels of gastroenterologists in Turkiye and the factors affecting them.Methods: The authors designed a 25-question questionnaire to investigate gastroenterologists’ stress and happiness levels and the reasons that may affect them. Documents containing the questions were sent to 405 gastroenterologists working in Turkiye between October and December 2023 by phone or email via Google Forms.Results: A total of 126 participants, 65.1% of whom were male and 52.4% of whom were under 40 years of age, took part in our study. A median score of 4 on a 5-point Likert scale was obtained when participants were asked about their general level of stress. When the general happiness status was analysed, it was concluded that this median value was below the stress values with 3. The general happiness had the strongest positive correlation with workload satisfaction and career planning happiness (r=0.56, p
KW  - Gastroenterologist
KW  - stress
KW  - happiness
KW  - workload
KW  - emotional health
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