TY - JOUR AU - Jatchavala, Chonnakarn AU - Pitanupong, Jarurin PY - 2019/05/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Resilience in Medical Doctors within the Areas of the Southern Thailand Insurgency JF - Siriraj Medical Journal JA - Siriraj Med J VL - 71 IS - 3 SE - Original Article DO - 10.33192/Smj.2019.35 UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/190697 SP - 228-233 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> This study aimed to examine resilience and its’ associated factors among medical doctors who worked at&nbsp;hospitals, either in the restive areas of the southern Thailand insurgency, or non-restive areas of nearby provinces.<br><strong>Methods:</strong> This cross-sectional study was conducted for all medical doctors who worked at the hospitals located&nbsp;in the lower southern part of Thailand from January to April 2018. All of the participants completed the personal&nbsp;information and Thai resilience questionnaires (Thai-RQ) by themselves. The data was analyzed by descriptive<br>statistics, whilst the factors associated with resilience were analyzed using logistic regression analysis.<br><strong>Results:</strong> From 245 medical doctors, most were female (58.0%), single (50.2%) and worked more than 40 hours&nbsp;per week (30.2%). The average resilience scores were at a normal level (62.3 ± 7.8) as well as most of them being&nbsp;(67.3%). The highest section of resilience was coping skills, with the lowest being emotional stability. There were no&nbsp;differences in resilience between those who worked in restive areas, or those who worked in non-restive areas of the&nbsp;southern Thailand insurgency. Perceived sleep/rest quality and family relationships were significantly associated&nbsp;with their resilience.<br><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Most of the medical doctors, who worked at hospitals either in the restive or non-restive areas of the&nbsp;southern Thailand insurgency, were at normal levels of resilience. No difference of resilience was found between&nbsp;these two areas. The factors associated with resilience were perception of sleep/rest quality and family relationships.</p> ER -