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Generation Physician 'Mal-being;' and the resident physicians' experience of effort-reward imbalance, perseverance, burnout, depression, and anxiety

Thank you for participating in our medical education survey.  Please answer the questions below to the best of your ability, and where required, choose the 'best fit' answer.   Please note, to maintain privacy, IP addresses will NOT be collected by survey monkey.  
1.Please indicate your current status
2.Please indicate your current program of study
3.What is your gender?
4.What is your age?
5.Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems.
Not at all
Several days
More than half the days
Nearly everyday
Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
Not being able to stop or control worrying.
Worrying too much about different things.
Trouble relaxing.
Being so restless that it’s hard to sit still.
Becoming easily annoyed or irritable.
Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen.
6.Over the last two weeks how often have you been bothered by the following problems?
Not at all
Several days
More than half the days
Nearly everyday
Little interest or pleasure in doing things.
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless.
Trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, or sleeping too much.
Feeling tired or having little energy.
Poor appetite or overeating.
Feeling bad about yourself- or that you’re a failure or have let yourself or your family down.
Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television.
Moving or speaking so slowly that other people could have noticed. Or, the opposite – being so fidgety or restless that you have been moving around a lot more than usual.
Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way.
7.Please indicate how often you have the following feelings about work:
Everyday
A few times a week
Once a week
A few times a month
Once a month or less
A few times a year
Never
I feel burned out from my work.
I have become more callous towards people since I took this job.
8.The following items refer to your present occupation.  For each of the following items, please indicate whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or agree.
Strongly agree
Agree
Disagree
Strongly disagree
I have constant time pressure due to a heavy workload.
I have many interruptions and disturbances while performing my job.
Over the past few years, my job has become more and more demanding.
I receive the respect I deserve from my superior or a respective relevant person.
My job promotion prospects are poor.
I have experienced or expect to experience an undesirable change in my work situation.
My job security is poor.
Considering all my efforts and achievements, I receive the respect and prestige I deserve at work.
Considering all my efforts and achievements, my job promotion aspects are adequate.
Considering all my effort and achievements, my salary/income is adequate.
I get easily overwhelmed by time pressures at work.
As soon as I get up in the morning, I start thinking about work problems.
When I get home, I can easily relax and switch off work.
People close to me say I sacrifice too much for my job.
Work rarely lets me go, it is still on my mind when I go to bed.
If I postpone something that I was supposed to do today I’ll have trouble sleeping at night.
9.Please respond to the following 8 items
Very much like me
Mostly like me
Somewhat like me
Not much like me
Not like me at all.
New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones.
Setbacks don’t discourage me.
I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest.
I am a hard worker.
I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one.
I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.
I finish whatever I begin.
I am diligent.
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