Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Doctor of Healthcare Administration (D.H.A.)

School

Health Services

Advisor

Kevin Broom

Abstract

As burnout continues to increase in the healthcare field and specifically in the specialty of urology, gaining knowledge of certain risk factors associated with burnout can potentially help prevent further increases. Intervention programs may also be developed as a result of understanding these relationships. The purpose of this quantitative correlational analysis was to determine whether hours worked on nonclinical activities moderated the relationship between age and burnout as well as gender and burnout in American urologists. The theoretical foundations utilized in this research were the jobs demands resources model, which suggested that burnout occurs as a result of job demands and resources, and the aging and decision-making framework, which suggested that as a person ages, their decision-making abilities are affected. The two research questions were designed to determine whether hours worked on nonclinical activities moderated the relationships between age and burnout and gender and burnout. Two hierarchical logistic regressions were conducted with the raw data from the 2016 American Urological Association Census, to address the research questions. Block one consisted of the predictor variables (age and gender) and the moderator variable (number of hours worked on nonclinical activities). Block two consisted of the interaction terms multiplied by the moderator variables and added to the regression model. The analysis of this study showed moderation between the number of hours worked on nonclinical activities and gender and burnout. The implications for positive social change would come from informing urological leadership personnel of the risk factors associated with age and gender to assist with reducing burnout in urologists.

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