{"doi":"10.1016/j.jss.2025.11.020","title":"Implemented Interventions for Surgeon Well-Being: A Scoping Review","abstract":"INTRODUCTION: Surgeons operate in uniquely high-risk environments, facing significant physical and emotional demands and the pressures of academic achievement. These stressors contribute to diminished well-being, affecting both patient care and career longevity. Although burnout is widely studied, it represents only one facet of a surgeon's overall well-being. This study examines existing surgeon well-being interventions for faculty and residents, evaluating structures, themes, and outcome measures to identify gaps in current practices. METHODS: A systematic literature search was conducted across multiple databases to evaluate well-being interventions on surgery faculty and residents. Key components of well-being addressed were identified and categorized into themes within the professional domain, personal domain, and work-life balance. RESULTS: Sixty-one articles met the inclusion criteria. Among these, 28 studies focused on burnout, 27 on work-related stressors, 9 on career satisfaction, 16 on work-life balance, 16 on physical health, 18 on emotional health, and 2 on relationships. Regarding study design, 13 were randomized controlled trials, 5 were nonrandomized with two groups, 30 used a single-group design with pretest and posttest surveys, and 13 with posttest surveys. To measure outcomes, 37 studies used validated surveys, 34 studies used study-specific surveys, 9 used physiological measurements, and 6 used performance scales. CONCLUSIONS: Surgeon well-being is a multifaceted issue encompassing aspects of professional and personal life. Most interventions have focused on reducing burnout and work-related stressors, measured primarily through surveys. The findings highlight a need for further well-being interventions for both residents and faculty surgeons, particularly focusing on career satisfaction and relationships.","journal":"Journal of Surgical Research","year":2025,"id":584227,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":0,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9488,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":97025,"name":"A Herman","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1311741,"name":"Bhuvan Pottepalem","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1040523,"name":"Mark MacEachern","orcid":"0000-0002-8872-1181","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":373212,"name":"Kevin C. Chung","orcid":"0000-0002-2822-3164","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1497521,"name":"Rodney Ahdoot","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":26,"raw_metadata":{"citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:59:11.978098Z","pmid":"41352208","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}