Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en una muestra de médicos internos residentes que realizan guardias en un Servicio de Urgencias: una perspectiva de género

Background: The high emotional burden of physicians working in emergency departments may affect their quality of life perception Aim: To evaluate health related quality of life among resident physicians performing shifts at an emergency department. Material and methods: Seventy one physicians aged 26 ± 2 years (47 women), working as residents in an emergency department, answered the short version of the SF-36 survey. This questionnaire analyses eight domains: physical function, body pain, general health, vitality, social function, emotional role and mental health. Results: Women had a significantly worse perception than a reference population in four dimensions of the SF-36, especially mental health and social functioning. Men had scores similar to the reference population. Among women, vitality is the best predictor of mental health and social functioning. Conclusions: Women working as residents in an emergency department have a worse perception of their quality of life than men performing the same job.