• Alyssa M Civantos, Yasmeen Byrnes, Changgee Chang, Aman Prasad, Kevin Chorath, Seerat K Poonia, Carolyn M Jenks, Andrés M Bur, Punam Thakkar, Evan M Graboyes, Rahul Seth, Samuel Trosman, Anni Wong, Benjamin M Laitman, Brianna N Harris, Janki Shah, Vanessa Stubbs, Garret Choby, Qi Long, Christopher H Rassekh, Erica Thaler, and Karthik Rajasekaran.
• Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
• Head Neck. 2020 Jul 1; 42 (7): 1597-1609.

BackgroundOtolaryngologists are among the highest risk for COVID-19 exposure.MethodsThis is a cross-sectional, survey-based, national study evaluating academic otolaryngologists. Burnout, anxiety, distress, and depression were assessed by the single-item Mini-Z Burnout Assessment, 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, 15-item Impact of Event Scale, and 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire, respectively.ResultsA total of 349 physicians completed the survey. Of them, 165 (47.3%) were residents and 212 (60.7%) were males. Anxiety, distress, burnout, and depression were reported in 167 (47.9%), 210 (60.2%), 76 (21.8%), and 37 (10.6%) physicians, respectively. Attendings had decreased burnout relative to residents (odds ratio [OR] 0.28, confidence interval [CI] [0.11-0.68]; P = .005). Females had increased burnout (OR 1.93, CI [1.12.-3.32]; P = .018), anxiety (OR 2.53, CI [1.59-4.02]; P < .005), and distress (OR 2.68, CI [1.64-4.37]; P < .005). Physicians in states with greater than 20 000 positive cases had increased distress (OR 2.01, CI [1.22-3.31]; P = .006).ConclusionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of burnout, anxiety, and distress is high among academic otolaryngologists.© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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