Background:In a highly competitive personal and work environment, with enormous daily pressure in Anaesthesiology, it is necessary to invest in practices that lead to a balance between individual challenges, expectations and satisfaction, in order to improve quality of life (QoL). The goal of this study is to evaluate the QoL of Anaesthesiology residents and attendings in Portugal and to identify the factors that influence it. Materials and Methods:Observational descriptive analytical study carried out in October and November of 2017, in the population of Anaesthesiologists professionals in Portugal. They were invited to answer by
e-mail demographic data, labour data and the WHOQOL-BREF1 questionnaire (Portuguese version of the abbreviated instrument of the World Health Organization QoL). This instrument has 26 questions, five-point Likert scale, with 2 items of general evaluation of QoL and 24 organized in 4 domains: physical, psychological, social relationship and environment.Scores were transformed into percentage scale of 0- 100%. The higher the score, better QoL in each domain. Alpha error of 0.05 was accepted. Data was analysed through SPSS 24.0. Results and Discussion:110 physicians answered the questionnaire (56 residents, 54 attendings). Median age was 31 years (minimum 26, maximum 62). 72.7% were women, 52.7% were married or similar, 62.7% without children, 60.9% worked in an university hospital, 80% in
public hospital and 89.1% had a weekly workload more than 40 hours (89.1%). For the total sample, we obtained a mean of 71.4 ± 19.0 in general QoL, 78.3 ± 12.6 in physical domain, 77.0 ± 13.5 in psychological domain, 73.8 ± 17.1 in social domain and 71.2 ± 13.2 in environment. There were no statistically significant differences between residents and attendings in all domains. Presence of chronic disease and medication consumption had a negative impact on general QoL and on the physical, psychological and social domains. The daily practice of leisure activities was the only factor which positively influenced not only overall QoL, but also all domains. Conclusions:Professionals obtained a good score in the general QoL and in the 4
domains in WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Lack of leisure activities, illness and chronic medication in the Anaesthesiology physicians lead to lower general QoL and in different domains, although the weekly workload did not have differences statistically significant.References:1.Psiquiatria Clínica. 2006; 27(1): 41-9.

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