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Perceived inequity, professional and personal fulfillment by women intensivists in France
Author(s) :
Hauw-Berlemont, Caroline [Auteur]
Aubron, Cécile [Auteur]
Aissaoui, Nadia [Auteur]
Bodet-Contentin, Laetitia [Auteur]
Boissier, Florence [Auteur]
Fartoukh, Muriel Sarah [Auteur]
Jourdain, Mercedes [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
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Le Marec, Julien [Auteur]
Pestel, Julia [Auteur]
Salmon Gandonniere, Charlotte [Auteur]
Tamion, Fabienne [Auteur]
Hamzaoui, Olfa [Auteur]
Aubron, Cécile [Auteur]
Aissaoui, Nadia [Auteur]
Bodet-Contentin, Laetitia [Auteur]
Boissier, Florence [Auteur]
Fartoukh, Muriel Sarah [Auteur]
Jourdain, Mercedes [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [CHU Lille] [CHRU Lille]
Recherche translationnelle sur le diabète (RTD) - U1190
Le Marec, Julien [Auteur]
Pestel, Julia [Auteur]
Salmon Gandonniere, Charlotte [Auteur]
Tamion, Fabienne [Auteur]
Hamzaoui, Olfa [Auteur]
Journal title :
Annals of Intensive Care
Abbreviated title :
Ann Intensive Care
Volume number :
11
Pages :
72
Publisher :
SpringerOpen
Publication date :
2021-05-12
ISSN :
2110-5820
English keyword(s) :
Quality of life
Work-life balance
Women in medicine
Intensive care
Women intensivists
Work-life balance
Women in medicine
Intensive care
Women intensivists
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Médecine humaine et pathologie
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes sur le genre
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Médecine humaine et pathologie
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Etudes sur le genre
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
English abstract : [en]
Background
The medical workforce has been feminized for the last two decades worldwide. Nonetheless, women remain under-represented among intensivists. We conducted a survey among French women intensivists to assess ...
Show more >Background The medical workforce has been feminized for the last two decades worldwide. Nonetheless, women remain under-represented among intensivists. We conducted a survey among French women intensivists to assess their professional and personal quality of life and their perception of potential gender discrimination at work. Methods We conducted an observational descriptive study by sending a survey, designed by the group FEMMIR (FEmmes Médecins en Médecine Intensive Réanimation), to women intensivists in France, using primarily the Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF) mailing list. The questionnaire was also available online between September 2019 and January 2020 and women intensivists were encouraged to answer through email reminders. It pertained to five main domains, including demographic characteristics, work position, workload and clinical/research activities, self-fulfillment scale, perceived discrimination at work and suggested measures to implement. Results Three hundred and seventy-one women responded to the questionnaire, among whom 16% had an academic position. Being a woman intensivist and pregnancy were both considered to increase difficulties in careers’ advancement by 31% and 73% of the respondents, respectively. Almost half of the respondents (46%) quoted their quality of life equal to or lower than 6 on a scale varying from 1 (very bad quality of life) to 10 (excellent quality of life). They were 52% to feel an imbalance between their personal and professional life at the cost of their personal life. Gender discrimination has been experienced by 55% of the respondents while 37% confided having already been subject of bullying or harassment. Opportunities to adjust their work timetable including part-time work, better considerations for pregnant women including increasing the number of intensivists and the systematic replacement during maternity leave, and the respect of the law regarding the paternity leave were suggested as key measures to enable better professional and personal accomplishment by women intensivists. Conclusion In this first large French survey in women intensivists, we pointed out issues felt by women intensivists that included an imbalance between professional and personal life, a perceived loss of opportunity due to the fact of being a woman, frequent reported bullying or harassment and a lack of consideration of the needs related to pregnancy and motherhood.Show less >
Show more >Background The medical workforce has been feminized for the last two decades worldwide. Nonetheless, women remain under-represented among intensivists. We conducted a survey among French women intensivists to assess their professional and personal quality of life and their perception of potential gender discrimination at work. Methods We conducted an observational descriptive study by sending a survey, designed by the group FEMMIR (FEmmes Médecins en Médecine Intensive Réanimation), to women intensivists in France, using primarily the Société de Réanimation de Langue Française (SRLF) mailing list. The questionnaire was also available online between September 2019 and January 2020 and women intensivists were encouraged to answer through email reminders. It pertained to five main domains, including demographic characteristics, work position, workload and clinical/research activities, self-fulfillment scale, perceived discrimination at work and suggested measures to implement. Results Three hundred and seventy-one women responded to the questionnaire, among whom 16% had an academic position. Being a woman intensivist and pregnancy were both considered to increase difficulties in careers’ advancement by 31% and 73% of the respondents, respectively. Almost half of the respondents (46%) quoted their quality of life equal to or lower than 6 on a scale varying from 1 (very bad quality of life) to 10 (excellent quality of life). They were 52% to feel an imbalance between their personal and professional life at the cost of their personal life. Gender discrimination has been experienced by 55% of the respondents while 37% confided having already been subject of bullying or harassment. Opportunities to adjust their work timetable including part-time work, better considerations for pregnant women including increasing the number of intensivists and the systematic replacement during maternity leave, and the respect of the law regarding the paternity leave were suggested as key measures to enable better professional and personal accomplishment by women intensivists. Conclusion In this first large French survey in women intensivists, we pointed out issues felt by women intensivists that included an imbalance between professional and personal life, a perceived loss of opportunity due to the fact of being a woman, frequent reported bullying or harassment and a lack of consideration of the needs related to pregnancy and motherhood.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
Administrative institution(s) :
Université de Lille
Inserm
CHU Lille
Inserm
CHU Lille
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Submission date :
2024-01-19T23:00:39Z
2024-09-13T13:38:47Z
2024-09-13T13:38:47Z
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