Study Purpose: To systematically assess lifestyle, nutrition, sleep, stress, workload, workplace, and health-related habits among spine surgeons, as well as their subjective perceptions of career longevity.
We expect to:
- Develop an overview of lifestyle, work, and health-related patterns among spine surgeons worldwide.
- Identify the most common risk factors for reduced health and potential career shortening.
- Highlight protective factors and personal strategies associated with sustained career longevity.
- Provide a basis for the development of structured lifestyle and prevention programs tailored to spine surgeons.
The findings are expected to raise awareness within the surgical community and may contribute to future guidelines and institutional support measures that promote surgeon well-being and long-term career sustainability.
Estimated Completion Time: 15-20 minutes.
Study Participation: Voluntary. Identifying information such as name, email address, or IP address will not be collected. The identity of all survey participants will remain anonymous. However, if you wish to be acknowledged in publications resulting from this survey, you may voluntarily provide your full name, affiliation, and email address at the end of the survey. Providing this information is optional and will be solely used to index participants in Pubmed as a collaborator on any publication arising from this survey. Your personal data will be stored separately from your survey responses.
By clicking on "Next", you are consenting to participation. You can stop participating in this study at any time by closing your browser. If you choose not to participate, or if you do not complete the survey, will not affect your relationship with AO Spine.
Study Risks: There are no direct foreseeable risks associated with this project. Every reasonable effort has been taken to maintain data privacy and confidentiality.
Data Sharing: The data collected may be shared for future research.
Deadline to respond is
April 20, 2026.
Thank you for your participation.
Best regards,
Dr. Stefan Motov & Prof. Dr. Martin N. Stienen
