Abstract
Pre-COVID-19, doodling was identified as a measure of burnout in researchers attending a weekly, in-person health narratives research group manifesting team mindfulness. Under the group’s supportive conditions, variations in doodling served to measure change in participants reported depression and anxiety—internal states directly associated with burnout, adversely affecting healthcare researchers, their employment, and their research. COVID-19 demanded social distancing during the group’s 2020/21 academic meetings. Conducted online, the group’s participants who chose to doodle did so alone during the pandemic. Whether the sequestering of group participants during COVID-19 altered the ability of doodling to act as a measure of depression and anxiety was investigated. Participants considered that doodling during the group’s online meetings increased their enjoyment and attention level—some expressed that it helped them to relax. However, unlike face-to-face meetings during previous non-COVID-19 years, solitary doodling during online meetings was unable to reflect researchers’ depression or anxiety. The COVID-19 limitations that necessitated doodling alone maintained the benefits group members saw in doodling but hampered the ability of doodling to act as a measure of burnout, in contrast to previous in-person doodling. This result is seen to correspond to one aspect of the group’s change in team mindfulness resulting from COVID-19 constraints.
Highlights
Mihnea-Alexandru Găman, AmeliaBurnout—a negative, job-related psychological state exhibited through physical fatigue, emotional exhaustion, and loss of motivation [1]—is a syndrome arising from prolonged chronic interpersonal stressors associated with work
The 2020/21 spring term was the first in which researchers were asked their opinion on doodling as an aspect of the group with the question, “What are your thoughts on the doodling aspect of the Health Narratives Research Group (HeNReG) experience?” To ensure that researchers provided an answer on the feedback form to the question about doodling, this question was tagged on the form as requiring an answer
In comparing online doodling during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic with the previous years, it is relevant to examine what group members thought of the doodling aspect of the program, the amount they doodled, and how they believed COVID-19
Summary
Burnout—a negative, job-related psychological state exhibited through physical fatigue, emotional exhaustion, and loss of motivation [1]—is a syndrome arising from prolonged chronic interpersonal stressors associated with work. It is represented by three key dimensions [2]: overwhelming exhaustion, negative work-related feelings of cynicism and disassociation, and a sense of futility from perceived job-affiliated failure. It has been associated with the health professions [3]. Associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety [6,7], if burnout is to be diminished, an employed and reliable measure of depression and anxiety is important
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