Objective: To analyze the status of occupational burnout of optometrists and ophthalmologists and related factors by using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) questionnaire.Methods: In the questionnaire survey research. A questionnaire survey of 121 optometrists (n=53) and ophthalmologists (n=68) was carried out with the revised MBI-GS questionnaire and the related-factors satisfaction questionnaire. Independent samples t-tests were used to compare measurement data, chisquare tests were used to compare counting data, and relationships between the relevant factors and job burnout were analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis. The influencing factors of job burnout were analyzed by multiple linear regression. Results: There was no significant burnout among the surveyed subjects, the optometrists' emotional exhaustion scores were 2.11±1.08, cynicism scores were 1.84±1.41, reduced personal accomplishment scores were 1.71±1.23. The ophthalmologists' emotional exhaustion scores were 2.51±1.22, cynicism scores were 1.85±1.20, reduced personal accomplishment scores were 1.86±1.19.There was a statistical difference inemotional exhaustionscores between the two groups (P=0.04).And the MBI-GS scores were correlated with various satisfaction indicators (P<0.05). The emotional exhaustion of optometrists was related mainly to income and health (F=10.373, P<0.001), and their
cynicism was related mainly to family and interpersonal situations (F=11.768, P<0.001), reduced personal accomplishment of optometrists was more closely related to family situations (F=6.967, P=0.011). While the emotional exhaustion (F=20.943, P<0.001), the cynicism (F=11.497, P=0.001), the reduced personal
accomplishment (F=16.303, P<0.001) of ophthalmologists were related mainly to interpersonal situations. Conclusions: Working as an optometrist or ophthalmologist is less susceptible to stress and risk, and the doctors had no obvious burnout. Ophthalmologists are more likely to be affected by interpersonal factors than optometrists, and occupational burnout of optometrists is more likely to be affected by health status and family situations.