The above article was published on 11.03.2022, the abstract is as follows;
Background: Health care workers, including surgical professionals, experienced psychological burnout and physical harm during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic. This global survey investigated the coronavirus 2019 pandemic impact on psychological and physical health. Methods: We conducted a global cross-sectional survey between February 18, 2021 and March 13, 2021. The primary outcome was to assess the psychological burnout, fulfillment, and self-reported physical level of harm. A validated Stanford Professional Fulfilment Index score with a self-reported physical level of harm was employed. We used a practical overall composite level of harm score to calculate the level of harm gradient 1e4, combining psychological burnout with self-reported physical level of harm score. Results: A total of 545 participants from 66 countries participated. The final analysis included 520 (95.4%) surgical professionals barring medical students.Most of the participants (81.3%) were professionally unfulfilled. The psychological burnout was evident in 57.7% and was significantly commonin those