A systematic review and meta-analysis of burnout among family physician staff: a short communication

 In recent years, studies have been conducted on the burnout of healthcare workers and the family physician program. We decided to review the prevalence of job burnout among family physician staff in Iran based on published studies.

 An advanced search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, Irandoc, Magiran, and SID databases, along with a hand-searching in Google Scholar, using keywords related to family physicians. The search was conducted, without language restrictions, covering the period, from 2005 to 2022, 2022, and was independently performed by two individuals. A random effects meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the prevalence of job burnout and the sub-dimensions of the Maslach Inventory using Comprehensive Meta-analysis software.

 In total, more than 8361 studies were reviewed, and 4 articles that used the Maslach Inventory to describe job burnout were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence among family physician staff for emotional exhaustion was 30.6% (CI 17.4-47.8), while the prevalence of depersonalization was 12.9% (CI 5.4-27.6) and the prevalence of  personal accomplishment was 23.3% (CI 7.1-54.8).

 There is a significant prevalence of job burnout, especially related to emotional exhaustion, among family physician staff. Therefore, it is essential to conduct further studies to address burnout among family physician staff.