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authors: Almohtadi, Ahmad; Seyedzenouzi, Golnoush
title: Response and Suggestions for: Factors Associated with Burnout Among Physicians: an Evaluation During a Period of COVID-19 Pandemic [Letter]
date: 2020-11-11
journal: J Healthc Leadersh
DOI: 10.2147/jhl.s284907
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doc_id: 686343
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as this would significantly impact one's responses to the questions assessing burnout, especially those relating to personal accomplishment. This is vital as it would provide results that can be used to identify modifiable causes of burnout that are extrinsic to the physicians themselves and thus allow for change to be implemented.

We would like to congratulate the authors for this important study but recommend an adjusted methodology that allow for less bias, and a questionnaire that encompasses more specific questions that would provide results that can motivate change. We believe this would offer an invaluable understanding of burnout in physicians; a pressing issue that is palpable in a 'normal' and an infectious disease outbreak clinical setting. 

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