Work stress and gender-dependent coping strategies in anesthesiologists at a university hospital.

Study Objective: To evaluate stressors and coping strategies for stress in a sample of anesthesiologists working at a university hospital.

Design: Cross-sectional study via survey instrument.

Setting: University department of anesthesiology and critical care at a 1305-bed hospital.

Significance of working conditions on burnout in anesthetists.

Background: The influence of working conditions on the development of burnout syndrome was assessed in anesthetists working at a university hospital.

Methods: Self-reporting questionnaires were used to assess physical health and emotional well-being (Health and Stress Profile), burnout syndrome (Maslach Burnout Inventory) and working conditions (Instrument for Stress-Oriented Task Analysis) in anesthetists.

Results: Twenty-three anesthetists (25.

Psychosocial consequences of weight loss following gastric banding for morbid obesity.

Background: This study was performed to determine what consequences surgery for morbid obesity has on weight loss, problems in eating behavior, quality of life, physical appearance and mental state.

Method: After a minimum follow-up of > 8 months (median follow-up 21 months, range 8-48 months), a questionnaire concerning extent of, satisfaction with and consequences of weight loss was mailed to 250 morbidly obese patients after laparoscopic Swedish adjustable gastric banding (SAGB). In addition, the partner's opinion regarding the operation was evaluated as well as the consequences of weight loss for partnership and sexual relationship.

Psychotherapeutic treatment of morbidly obese patients after gastric banding.

Background: Surgery is the most effective therapeutic option for weight reduction in carefully selected patients with morbid obesity resistant to conventional treatment. However, surgical treatment is not the solution but an important precondition for successful management of morbid obesity.

Methods: All patients undergo a psychiatric examination before laparoscopic gastric banding.

Partnership, sexuality, and sexual disorders in morbidly obese women: consequences of weight loss after gastric banding.

Background: A study was performed to determine what consequences surgery for morbid obesity has on sexual attitudes and partnership in obese female patients.

Method: Semi-structured interviews concerning sociodemographic data, sexuality and relationship were conducted on 82 female patients preoperatively and at least 1 year postoperatively.

Results: Physical appearance played the main role in the decision to undergo weight reduction surgery in only 17% of the study patients.