Background: Workers spend a significant
amount of time in the workspace. Involvement of a spouse in a doctor’s
workplace can take different forms and come with different intentions. Objectives: The survey aimed to determine the prevalence and extent of spousal involvement
in physicians’ workplaces as well as the outcome of such involvement on doctor’swell-being, productivity, and
relationship with colleagues. Methods: This cross-sectional online survey on spousal involvement in the workplace of doctors was conducted among 83
responding doctors from July to August 2023. Results: Among the
respondents, 60(72.3%) had witnessed a doctor’s spouse being involved in the
workplace. The most
common reason for spousal involvement in the workplace was to protect the spouse from what they perceived as a
threat 34(54.0%). Spouse’s ignorance of boundaries in the workplace (OR: 6.09(95% CI: 1.70,21.79)P:0.003) and exertion of control
by the spouse(OR: 11.2(95% CI: 2.26,
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