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|Articles|March 29, 2021
Poll results: Are you feeling the effects of burnout?
Author(s)Brooke Henson, Editor
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Optometry Times® polled our audience with the following question from February 26, 2021 to March 12, 2021:
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46 ODs responded, in total. Of these:
• 34 responded "Yes"
• 6 responded "No"
• 3 responded "I did in the past but no longer"
• 3 responded "Not personally but I know colleagues who have"
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