Rheumatologist - Work-Life Survey Results Save

During the week of April 3, 2023, registered Rheumatologists responded to an email survey regarding work-life balance. The following are the results from 190 respondents - 53% were male (47% female) and 94% were from the USA.

Question 1. Do you frequently miss significant life events due to work obligations?

• Overall 62% of rheumatologists said "yes" (very often or occasionally). But this was more prevalent in women (75.4%) than men (54%) (see women vs men comparison below)
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Question 2. Does personal/family/life events affect your work?

• Overall 59% of rheumatologists said "yes" (very often or occasionally). Again,this was more prevalent in women (70.2%) compared to men (48.2%).  Conversely, men responded "Rarely" more often (38%) than women (15.6%).(see women vs men comparison below)
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Question 3. How often do you take time for self-care (exercise, hobbies, travel, etc.)?

• 65% of Rheumatologists engage in "self care" weekly or dailly - 73.5% in men and 57.9% in women

Question 4.  Do you currently feel you have a good work-life balance ?

• Overall 55% of rheumatologists said "yes" to a good work/life balance, but 45% said no or they "struggle with it".  Women were more likely than men to say "no" (22.1% vs 12.6%) (see women vs men comparison below)
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Question 5.  Have you experienced work/career burn out?

• Women were way more likely to admit to burnout (yes 59%; sometimes 22%) than men (yes - 29%; sometimes 30%) 
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These survey results show a significant gender difference among rheumatologist and their views on work-life balance.

Women were:

- More likely to note that the job more often causes them to miss life events (75% vs 54%)

- More likely to have family/life events affect their work (70% vs 48%)

- More likely to say they do not have a good work-life balance (22% vs 13%)

- More likely to have burnout (59% vs 29%)

- Less likely to engage in "self care" (58% vs 74%)