The Impact of a Surgical Career on the Relationship, Family, and Personal Well-being of Surgeons’ Partners

IF 1.8 3区医学 Q2 SURGERY

Journal of Surgical Research Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2025.02.019

Christina M. Stuart MD , Nicole M. Mott MD, MSCR , Alison Halpern Mungo MD , Zachary P. Asher PA-C , Robert A. Meguid MD, MPH , Elizabeth A. David MD, MAS

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Abstract

Babckground

The demands of a surgical career have known impacts on surgeons’ well-being; however, the impact on their partners is unknown.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey of the partners of faculty and housestaff in a single department of surgery. Participants responded to questions assessing the impact of their partner's career on their relationship, family, and personal well-being adapted from the Stanford “Impact of Work on Personal Relationships” survey.

Results

There were 36 responses (response rate 55%). The majority were women (67%) with partners who are men (64%) and a relationship length of 10+ y (56%). The greatest impact was on the direct surgeon-partner relationship, with a median [interquartile range] impact score of 4 [3-4], indicating moderately severe impact, followed by 3 [2-4] for both family life and emotional well-being, indicating moderate impact. Nevertheless, 64% of partners agreed or strongly agreed that they would want their partner to choose a surgical career again.

Conclusions

A surgical career has significant impact on surgeons' partners. Future work should explore strategies to mitigate this impact on surgeons’ relationships and family life.

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Journal of Surgical Research 医学-外科

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

4.50%

发文量

627

审稿时长

138 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Surgical Research: Clinical and Laboratory Investigation publishes original articles concerned with clinical and laboratory investigations relevant to surgical practice and teaching. The journal emphasizes reports of clinical investigations or fundamental research bearing directly on surgical management that will be of general interest to a broad range of surgeons and surgical researchers. The articles presented need not have been the products of surgeons or of surgical laboratories. The Journal of Surgical Research also features review articles and special articles relating to educational, research, or social issues of interest to the academic surgical community.