Aspects Of Burnout Research Articles

Conceptualizing burnout from the perspective of parents of children with complex care needs

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate how parents of children with complex care needs conceptualize burnout from the perspective of parents themselves. MethodsWe conducted semi-structured interviews with 38 parents, selected for maximal variation in parental, child, and family characteristics. Inductive thematic analysis was employed. ResultsBurnout was conceptualized as encompassing three themes: having a reoccurring long-term nature, commencing with symptoms of stress progressing into exhaustion, and ending in a survival mode wherein parents worked hard to project an image of everything being well and under control (fighting) while distancing physically and emotionally from others and themselves (fleeing). ConclusionBurnout involves specific aspects of caregiving and parenting, such as long-term responsibility for the child, which cannot be relinquished. Furthermore, burnout may also be ‘hidden’: not always showing to the outside world, which requires extra attention and vigilance among parent's informal and formal networks. Awareness of the various interpretations of the term may foster constructive communication. InnovationFocusing on parents’ individual experiences has illuminated new aspects of burnout. By purposively sampling a variety of parents of children with complex care needs, a broader understanding of the meaning of the term ‘burnout’ from the perspective of parents was achieved.

A Comparative Study of Organizational Grief Support and Burnout Among Nursing Home Staff.

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dimensions of grief support (recognition of the relationship, acknowledgement of the loss, and inclusion of the griever) and aspects of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment) among nursing home staff. Data were collected from 553 nursing home workers from 37 nursing home facilities in 5 states during fall of 2022. Responses to the Maslach Burnout Inventory and Grief Support Health Care Scale were analyzed for this study. The study found that recognizing the relationship with deceased patients led to a decrease in exhaustion and depersonalization among workers while simultaneously enhancing their sense of personal accomplishment. Including the griever in the support process lowered all burnout subscales for nursing home staff. Acknowledging the loss was associated with higher levels of personal accomplishment. Registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians experienced higher levels of exhaustion and depersonalization compared to other nursing home staff. Behavioral health workers had the highest personal accomplishment, whereas direct support workers reported the lowest. These findings have important implications for improving the well-being of nursing home staff, emphasizing the importance of organizational grief support, and tailored interventions to address burnout among different healthcare provider roles in nursing homes.

Teaching Burnout in Student-Teachers and Professional Teachers: Teaching Burnout Across Teacher Groups, Genders and the Link of Teaching Burnout to Teaching Satisfaction

Although teaching burnout is considered a risk factor for teaching satisfaction, there remains a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding its impact on both student-teachers and professional teachers. The Maslach Burnout Inventory stands out as a widely recognized tool for measuring burnout, yet little is known about its measurement invariance across teacher groups and teachers’ genders. The current study therefore established measurement invariance across teacher groups and genders to reveal possible differences in the experience of teaching burnout across teacher groups and genders. Moreover, the current study investigate whether teaching burnout is a risk factor for teaching satisfaction in the teacher groups. 649 participants took part in the study (12.8% males, Mage = 34.6 (SD = 11.1). Results indicated that the MBI was invariant across teacher groups and genders. Student-teacher groups experienced less exhaustion and less professional efficacy. No gender difference in the experience of different aspects of burnout was found. Finally, exhaustion and cynicism significantly and uniquely negatively predicted teaching satisfaction, whereas professional efficacy significantly and uniquely positively teaching satisfaction. Student-teachers should be equipped with appropriate knowledge and skills to handle burnout in their future teaching career during their teacher training program.

Practitioner Burnout and Productivity Levels in Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities, Part 1: A Descriptive Quantitative Account.

Understanding burnout among practitioners in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and assisted living facilities (ALFs) while considering contextual factors may lead to practices that enhance therapist and patient satisfaction as well as quality of care. To examine productivity standards and burnout in the context of setting and role, as reported by therapy practitioners in geriatric settings, and to explore relationships between productivity standards and perceived ethical pressures. Cross-sectional online survey with descriptive data. Practitioners (N = 366) included occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational and physical therapy assistants working in SNFs and ALFs in the United States. A survey integrating the Maslach Burnout Inventory: Human Services Survey for Medical Personnel (MBI-HSS) and questions addressing demographics and contextual factors was distributed via social media. Of 366 practitioners, 20.5% were burned out, exhibiting extreme scores for Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and Personal Accomplishment (PA) on the MBI-HSS. Significant relationships between productivity requirements and EE, DP, and PA, after accounting for covariates, were evident. Significant relationships between productivity standards and five of the six ethically questionable behaviors existed. Role affected productivity requirements, specifically between therapists and assistants, whereas setting did not. Productivity standards and related pressures are associated with concerning aspects of burnout among practitioners working in geriatric settings. Advocating for change in defining productivity and incorporating positive support in the work environment may assist in reducing burnout and turnover rates and improve patient satisfaction and care. Plain-Language Summary: This research highlights the prevalence of burnout and perceived pressures related to productivity requirements among occupational therapy practitioners working in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.

Level of Burnout and Well- Being of Nursing Students in Selected Universities in Face-to-Face Learning Environment amidst the Pandemic

As the world deals with the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, its impact is especially felt in the educational landscape, notably among nursing students. The sudden shift in the learning environment during this time has sparked considerable mental and emotional stress, potentially influencing their well-being and academic standing. This research sought to examine the correlation between burnout and overall well-being in nursing students from two specific universities during the transitional phase back to face-to-face learning. An extensive questionnaire that was completed by the students themselves and used in the research was used to thoroughly evaluate many aspects of burnout and well-being. Emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal achievement were the factors of burnout that were explored, and the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual components of wellbeing were assessed. To guarantee a trustworthy interpretation of the gathered data, analytical procedures including chi-square and correlation tests were used. The findings revealed significant insights into the experiences and trials faced by nursing students in this changed academic climate. Evidently, varying degrees of burnout were experienced by these students, with emotional exhaustion being a recurring theme. A noteworthy correlation was observed between the age of the students and their inclination towards depersonalization, suggesting that age might play a crucial role in the management of academic pressures and responsibilities. Furthermore, the research revealed notable variations in mental well-being across gender and in overall well-being across age, particularly in the realm of social dimensions. This crucial finding highlights the pandemic's differentiated impacts on various demographic groups and the necessity for specifically tailored strategies to counter these unique challenges. The findings indicate a nuanced negative correlation between burnout and well-being, suggesting that an increase in burnout levels does not have a significant impact on the decrease of well-being levels. While lacking statistical significance, the aforementioned data implies the significance of sustained endeavors aimed at mitigating burnout and its possible unfavorable impacts on overall welfare. In brief, this study offers crucial perspectives on the encounters of nursing learners during the post-pandemic era, with a particular emphasis on the correlation between burnout and wellness. Despite the presence of a weak correlation, the data highlights the necessity for targeted interventions that aim to mitigate burnout to enhance the general welfare and academic achievement of nursing students who face challenging circumstances.

Exploring the effects of break nurses on nursing staff burnout

Objective: Previous studies had found that rest breaks can not only prevent or improve negative reactions to stress in healthcare staff, but also reduce turnover in understaff conditions, improve work performance, and ultimately improve patient outcomes. As a result, many inpatient units had implemented a nursing position called a Break Nurse, whose sole purpose was to provide rest breaks. However, the implementation of a Break Nurse and its effectiveness was not reported in literature. Therefore, this quality improvement QI project proposed to implement Break Nurses on an acute care unit of impatient setting and investigate its effectiveness on nursing staff.Methods: The selected unit previously utilizing a Break-Buddy model for securing rest breaks was able to start a two 8-hour shift Break Nurse model. The hypothesis is that the Two-Break-Nurse model, when compared with the Break-Buddy model, will better secure rest breaks, reduce burnout symptoms experienced by nursing staff. The validated tool used to measure burnout is the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The study utilized pre- and post-implementation self-report survey statistical analysis to report outcomes.Results: In the end, 14 individuals had responded to both pre- and post implementation surveys. The results show that there was statistically significant improvement of Emotional Exhaustion. Due to the small sample size, the measurement of Depersonalization and Personal Accomplishment did not show statistically significant improvement.Conclusions: The Two-Break-Nurse model is effective at reducing emotional exhaustion for nursing staff. Further studies are needed to measure in a larger scale the effectiveness of break nurse model on other aspects of burnout and the improvement of clinical outcomes.

Differences in Burnout Aspects in Croatian Nursing Students – A Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction: Burnout syndrome is a growing concern among nursing students, potentially impacting their academic success and future professional performance. This study aimed to explore the prevalence of burnout syndrome in Croatian nursing students and examine the associations between burnout and demographic features (age, gender, year of study, part-time or full-time study). Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted with 423 nursing students from the University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Rijeka. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI); MBI human services survey was used to assess burnout levels. Results: Nursing students at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Rijeka, experienced higher burnout levels than those at the University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb (χ2 = 10.214, ss = 2, p = 0.006). Significant associations were found between burnout levels and age, gender, year of study, and enrolment status. Specifically, younger students, female students, and full-time students reported higher levels of emotional exhaustion (EE). 2nd-year students reported lower EE than their first and 3rd-year peers. Conclusions: This study underscores the importance of recognizing and addressing the unique needs and stressors faced by different subgroups of nursing students. Tailored interventions and support systems are essential for alleviating burnout and promoting well-being in nursing students. Further research, including longitudinal studies, is required to better understand burnout progression and to inform the development of effective strategies for reducing burnout in nursing education.

Modeling the facets of burnout in Lisbon airport border officers using PLSc-SEM estimator

Border officers experience stressful moments during the working day at the border point at Lisbon airport (Portugal) that can lead to “emotional exhaustion,” which is the core component of burnout, and relates with “cognitive fatigue (weariness)” and “physical fatigue.” These theoretical concepts cannot be measured (or observed) directly by what are considered latent variables/constructs that are available in Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM). These constructs are, however, operationalized by the questions available in the SMBM, which correspond to observed variables (or manifest variables) expressed in an ordinal scale of seven categories. This questionnaire, reliable and internationally validated, was used in our research and considering the specialized literature, we proposed a hypothetical structural path model that expresses a priori perceptions about the causal relationships between the mentioned latent constructs, where “physical fatigue” is the target construct. A reflective model was estimated based on the sample of primary data and using a Variance-Covariance estimator of Structural Equations Modeling (VB-SEM), the consistent Partial Least Squares (PLSc), that corrects for bias to consistently estimate SEM’s with common factors. The results obtained allow a better understanding of the profile and characteristics of Portuguese border officers who work at Lisbon airport, as well as reveal that the latent exogenous construct “emotional exhaustion” has a high positive direct effect on the “cognitive fatigue,” and through this latter (mediator construct), an indirect effect on the endogenous construct “physical fatigue.” In turn, “cognitive fatigue” has the greatest positive direct effect on “physical fatigue.” The biggest difference identified was between the direct effect of “Emotional exhaustion” on “Physical fatigue,” which is higher for workers with more years of service, as expected. However, the multigroup analysis (using the nonparametric Permutation test) showed that this difference was not statistically significant.

Burnout Aspects Among Health Care Managers

Burnout is emotional exhaustion caused by chronic stress at the workplace, which is not ad-equately managed. Health care managers face high requirements for professional level and stress-resistance, which can lead to problems in the emotional sphere. The data about burnout prevalence and its determinants among health care managers is contradictory that demands further studying. To define prevalence of burnout syndrome and to identify factors associated factors among health care managers within Orenburg region.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on turnover intention among nurses in emergency departments in Thailand: a cross sectional study

BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, a large volume of COVID-19 patients were referred to hospital emergency departments (EDs). This increased job demand and job strain among ED nurses, resulting in a high risk of intention to leave their organization.AimsTo investigate turnover intention during the COVID-19 pandemic among ED nurses and examine the effect of organizational resources, maladaptive regulation, and job burnout on nurses’ turnover intention.MethodThis cross-sectional study investigated 322 ED nurses. We divided participants into two groups: dark-red zone areas (pandemic crisis areas) and non-red zone areas (non-pandemic crisis areas). Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression (forward stepwise method) were used to analyze factors that predicted turnover intention.ResultsMost participants were female and the mean age was 34.54 years. During COVID-19 pandemic crisis, 72.8% of ED nurses in dark-red zone areas desired to leave their organization. The factors of motivation, exhaustion, and cognitive impairment positively influenced turnover intention among ED nurses in dark-red zone areas. Low availability of organizational resources was associated with an increase in the turnover intention rate. Maladaptive regulation, exhaustion, and cognitive impairment positively influenced turnover intention among ED nurses in non-red zone areas.ConclusionExhaustion and cognitive impairment stand as significant facets of burnout linked to the intention of turnover among ED nurses. To address this, we recommend fostering secure workplace settings and implementing interventions that alleviate job demands and strains for ED nurses, potentially reducing turnover intentions.

Characterizing burnout and resilience among nurses: A latent profile analysis of emotional exhaustion, emotional thriving and emotional recovery.

To identify subgroups of nurses with distinct profiles of burnout (emotional exhaustion) and resilience (emotional thriving and emotional recovery) and describe nurse characteristics associated with each profile. Cross-sectional, correlational design. Data were collected via electronic survey from 2018 to 2019. Latent profile analysis was used to identify subgroups of nurses with distinct profiles of emotional exhaustion, emotional thriving and emotional recovery, with each measured on a 0-100 scale. Bivariate statistics were used to determine profile differences in nurse sociodemographic, professional and psychological characteristics. Four distinct profile subgroups were identified: (1) "exhausted" (14% with very high emotional exhaustion, low emotional thriving and moderate emotional recovery), (2) "exhausted with thriving" (6% with high emotional exhaustion, moderate-high emotional thriving and low emotional recovery), (3) "exhausted with thriving and recovery" (52% with moderate-high emotional exhaustion, emotional thriving and emotional recovery), and (4) "thriving and recovery" (27% with low emotional exhaustion and very high emotional thriving and emotional recovery). Nurses in the "exhausted" and "exhausted with thriving" profiles reported greater depression and poorer work-life integration. Nurses in "exhausted" profile were more likely to work in an inpatient setting. Nurses in the "exhausted with thriving and recovery" and "thriving and recovery" profiles reported more positive emotions, more well-being behaviours, and better work-life integration, with the "thriving and recovery" subgroup having the highest levels of these characteristics, lower depression scores and greater racial minority representation. Approaches designed to improve nurse well-being should be tailored to the nurses' profile of emotional exhaustion, thriving and recovery to maximize effectiveness. Given the growing shortage of nurses in healthcare systems, it is critical that multilevel strategies be investigated to retain nursing staff that consider the intersectionality and complexity of the different aspects of burnout and resilience experienced by the nurse. The aim was to assess burnout and resilience among nurses.

Effects of 12 Weeks of At-Home, Application-Based Exercise on Health Care Workers’ Depressive Symptoms, Burnout, and Absenteeism

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health care workers (HCWs) reported a significant decline in their mental health. One potential health behavior intervention that has been shown to be effective for improving mental health is exercise, which may be facilitated by taking advantage of mobile application (app) technologies. To determine the extent to which a 12-week app-based exercise intervention can reduce depressive symptoms, burnout, and absenteeism in HCWs, compared with a wait list control condition. A 2-group randomized clinical trial was conducted, with participants screened from April 6 to July 4, 2022. Participants were recruited from an urban health care organization in British Columbia, Canada. Participants completed measures before randomization and every 2 weeks thereafter. Exercise condition participants were asked to complete four 20-minute sessions per week using a suite of body weight interval training, yoga, barre, and running apps. Wait-listed control participants received the apps at the end of the trial. The primary outcome consisted of the between-group difference in depressive symptoms measured with the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. The secondary outcomes corresponded to 3 subfacets of burnout (cynicism, emotional exhaustion, and professional efficacy) and absenteeism. Intention-to-treat analyses were completed with multilevel structural equation modeling, and Feingold effect sizes (ES) were estimated every 2 weeks. A total of 288 participants (mean [SD] age, 41.0 [10.8] years; 246 [85.4%] women) were randomized to either exercise (n = 142) or wait list control (n = 146) conditions. Results revealed that ESs for depressive symptoms were in the small to medium range by trial's end (week 12, -0.41 [95% CI, -0.69 to -0.13]). Significant and consistent treatment effects were revealed for 2 facets of burnout, namely cynicism (week 12 ES, -0.33 [95% CI, -0.53 to -0.13]) and emotional exhaustion (week 12 ES, -0.39 [95% CI, -0.64 to -0.14]), as well as absenteeism (r = 0.15 [95% CI, 0.03-0.26]). Adherence to the 80 minutes per week of exercise decreased from 78 (54.9%) to 33 (23.2%) participants between weeks 2 and 12. Although exercise was able to reduce depressive symptoms among HCWs, adherence was low toward the end of the trial. Optimizing adherence to exercise programming represents an important challenge to help maintain improvements in mental health among HCWs. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05271006.

Stop being mean! Customer incivility influencing employee incivility via employee burnout: a hospitality context

ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of customer incivility on employee burnout and incivility in the restaurant sector. The results showed that supervisory support moderated the relationship between customer incivility and employee burnout but not the relationship between employee burnout and employee incivility. The study also investigated the role of burnout (i.e. emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and diminished personal accomplishment) as mediator in the relationship. A sample of 446 Chinese restaurant employees was used, and the results indicated that customer incivility had a significant impact on employee incivility through employee burnout. The study found that supervisory support served to moderate the relationship between customer incivility and employee burnout, but it had no impact on the correlation between employee burnout and incivility. Additionally, it explored the sequential mediating effect of the three aspects of burnout, namely emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and diminished personal accomplishment. This study provides insights for restaurant operations to minimize employee incivility, especially for stressful times such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ASHP National Survey of Pharmacy Practice in Hospital Settings: Workforce - 2022.

Results of the 2022 ASHP National Survey of Pharmacy Practice in Hospital Settings are presented. Pharmacy directors at 1,498 general and children's medical/surgical hospitals in the United States were surveyed using a mixed-mode method of contact by email and mail. Survey completion was online. IQVIA supplied data on hospital characteristics; the survey sample was drawn from IQVIA's hospital database. The response rate was 23.7%. Inpatient pharmacists independently prescribe in 27.1% of hospitals. Advanced analytics are used in 8.7% of hospitals. Pharmacists work in ambulatory or primary care clinics in 51.6% of hospitals operating outpatient clinics. Some level of pharmacy service integration is reported in 53.6% of hospitals. More advanced pharmacy technician roles are emerging. For health systems offering hospital at home services, 65.9% of pharmacy departments are involved. Shortages of pharmacists and technicians were reported but are more acute for pharmacy technicians. Aspects of burnout are being measured in 34.0% of hospitals, and 83.7% are attempting to prevent and mitigate burnout. The average number of full-time equivalents per 100 occupied beds is 16.9 for pharmacists and 16.1 for pharmacy technicians. Health-system pharmacies are experiencing workforce shortages; however, these shortages have had limited impact on budgeted positions. Workforce challenges are influencing the work of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Adoption of practice advancement initiatives has continued the positive trend from past years despite workforce issues.

Aging and Burnout for Nurses in an Acute Care Setting: The First Wave of COVID-19.

We examined the relationship between age, coping, and burnout during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic with nurses in Texas (N = 376). Nurses were recruited through a professional association and snowball sampling methodology for the cross-sectional survey study. Framed in lifespan development theories, we expected that nurse age and experience would be positively correlated with positive coping strategies (e.g., getting emotional support from others) and negatively correlated with negative coping strategies (e.g., drinking and drug use). We also expected age to be negatively related to the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization facets of burnout and positively related to the personal accomplishment facet of burnout. Findings were largely supported in that age was positively associated with positive coping and personal accomplishment and age and experience were negatively correlated with negative coping and depersonalization. Age was not, however, associated with emotional exhaustion. Mediation models further suggest that coping explains some of the effect of age on burnout. A theoretical extension of lifespan development models into an extreme environment and practical implications for coping in these environments are discussed.

The Effect of Hope and Self-Efficacy on Employee Burnout

The emergence of burnout can be caused by continuous work stress experienced by individuals. The occurrence of burnout can be influenced by the level of hope possessed by employees, whether employees will be able or not to perceive their goals, use goals as motivation, and prepare alternative strategies to overcome problems at work. Individuals who have good self-efficacy will see a difficult job as a challenge and prevent burnout from occurring. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of hope and self-efficacy on burnout that occurs in employees. The sampling technique used was quota sampling. The respondents were civil servants, male and female, aged between 23 – 57 years old, who work at the Ngudi Waluyo Hospital agency, Blitar Regency as many as 150 people, including 59 administrative employees and 91 nurses. This study used SHS (State Hope Scale), the Bandura self-efficacy scale; the burnout instrument used a scale compiled by a previous researcher (Sasmita, 2016) by measuring three aspects of burnout, namely fatigue, cynicism, and inefficiency. Multiple linear regressions were used to analyze the data. The results showed that hope and self-efficacy simultaneously had an effect on burnout (17, 1%), and partially hope had a significant negative effect on burnout. However, interestingly self-efficacy had no effect on burnout.

Early childhood teachers’ experiences of burnout and their identity formation: From a constructivist grounded theory perspective

본 연구는 구성주의 근거이론 방법을 적용하여 유아교사들의 소진 경험과 인식을 탐색하고, 자료로부터 이론을 구성하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해 공립유치원에 근무하는 8명의 교사를 대상으로 집중면담을 실시하였으며, 연구참여자의 이야기를 정교화하고자 시도하였다. 자료 분석은 Charmaz(2014)의 구성주의 근거이론 방법을 사용하였으며 연구참여자들의 응답을 녹음한 후 전사하여 초기코딩, 초점코딩, 이론적 코딩의 과정을 거쳤다. 이론적 코딩은 데이터에서 출현하는 주제에 따라 소진에 대응하는 교사들의 행위와 전략에 초점을 두고 이루어졌으며, 결과는 1) 교사가 필연적으로 마주하는 소진 2) 교사가 대응하는 소진3) 교사를 변화시키는 소진으로 나타났다. 결과에서 나타난 범주 및 하위 범주는 유아교사들의 소진경험을 통해 나타나는 정체성 형성 이론으로 이론화되었다. 논의는 유아교사가 그들의 개인적, 전문적 정체성을 확인하고 전문성을 발달시키는 데 있어 소진 경험이 그들의 정체성 형성과 어떻게 연결되고 어떤 의미를 지니는지에 초점을 두었다. 이를 위해 첫째, 자아를 확인하는 소진, 둘째, 교사로서의 전문적 정체성을 확인하는 소진, 셋째, 대응을 위한 의도적 행위를 생성해 내는 소진, 마지막으로 필연적인 전문성 생성으로의 소진을 중심으로 논의되었다.This study aims to explore the experiences and perceptions of burnout among early childhood teachers. Using the constructivist grounded theory method, this study developed a contextual theory from the data. Eight teachers working in public kindergartens were interviewed intensively, and their stories were elaborated. Data were analyzed using Charmaz's(2014) constructivist grounded theory, including initial coding, focus coding, and theoretical coding. Theoretical coding focused on teachers' behaviors and strategies in response to their burnout with themes emerging from the data. The categories and subcategories identified in the results were theorized as identity formation through the burnout experience of early childhood teachers. The discussion focused on how burnout is associated with early childhood teachers' identity formation, and how it is related to their personal and professional identity development. Specifically, the discussion centered on four aspects of burnout: 1) burnout as a means of confirming self; 2) burnout as a means of confirming professional identity as a teacher; 3) burnout as a means of creating intentional actions for response; and 4) burnout as a means of inevitably creating professionalism.

Burnout Syndrome in Emergency Department Healthcare Providers In Aljouf Region

Background: Burnout refers to job dissatisfaction caused by work-related stress. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence, risk factor, protective factors of burnout among emergency department healthcare providers in Al Jouf region hospitals. We aimed to investigate the psychological impact of burnout, how it weighs down on mental health and physical health, and ways to prevent it. Burnout syndrome is emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and reduced personal accomplishment (PA) among individuals who work with people. Methodology: This study used a self-administered online questionnaire distributed through data collectors by sending the link to participants. A pilot study will be conduct on 10 subjects to estimate the time needed to fill the survey and test the logistics and its comprehensibility. A self-administered MBI-HSS was used to collect data on burnout in terms of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal accomplishment. Study period from March 2021– January 2022. Results: We found burnout to be multidimensional such that different variables were associated with one or more aspects of burnout. Majority of respondents felt emotionally drained from work a few times a week. Low personal accomplishment results are caused by factors such as age, marital status, smoking, psychological/ psychiatric disorders. The results showed that the highest mean and standard deviation for MBI-HSS subscale scores for risk burnout was found in emotional exhaustion. The majority of participants (71.28%) had high prevalence of high depersonalization. 84.43% of participants were not burnt out. Conclusion: Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment which arises in response to chronic stress in jobs where individuals work with people. Workers at the emergency department were more susceptible to burnout. Different factors are associated with burnout. Demographic factors of age, sex and marital status were significant in the study. Social and organizational solutions in preventing and alleviating this syndrome are recommended to address emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal accomplishments.

Burnout, mental health symptoms, and empathy in healthcare workers who care for children treated in a liver transplant center.

The healthcare workers in pediatric liver transplantation units are exposed to various stresses; however, their burnout has not been clarified yet. This study aimed to determine burnout, psychological symptoms and empathy levels in healthcare workers, to examine the relationship between these variables and to investigate the predictors of burnout. This cross-sectional study was conducted on healthcare workers in Turgut Özal Medical Center Pediatric Liver Transplant Institute. The participants filled out a questionnaire that investigating demographic and occupational characteristics, and including questions from Toronto Empathy Questionnaire, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Brief Symptom Inventory. Fifty healthcare workers participated in the study. Based on moderate and higher severity scores, 48% of the participants were emotionally exhausted, 22% of them were depersonalized. All of them had a high perception of personal accomplishment. There was a correlation between psychological symptoms level and emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment as well as empathy and personal accomplishment. Not choosing the profession and the department willingly, age, education level, marital status, duration of profession, unit, not receiving in-service training, empathy, depressive symptoms and hostility scores predicted different aspects of burnout. Considering that burnout and psychological stress lead to reduced professional abilities and the development of serious complications, the results obtained can guide managers on the measures to be taken.

Maintenance of Effects and Correlates of Changes Following Mindfulness for Interdisciplinary Health Care Professional Students.

Objectives:To evaluate long-term outcomes after an 8-week mindfulness intervention, Mindfulness for Interdisciplinary Health Care Professionals (MIHP), and investigate relationships between outcomes overtime.Design/Methods:In this single-arm study, 35 participants received MIHP and completed measures of burnout, perceived stress, activity impairment, and dispositional mindfulness at baseline, post-MIHP, and a 3-month follow-up. Changes over time were evaluated using repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and reliable change indices (RCIs). Then, correlations between dispositional mindfulness and distress/impairment outcomes were evaluated.Results:At follow-up, aspects of burnout and several mindfulness skills demonstrated maintained improvements. RCIs showed that a higher percentage of participants improved on all outcomes at each time period than declined—all outcomes showed little to no deterioration. However, most participants did not reliably change, and this was more pronounced at the follow-up. Changes in two mindfulness skills (acting with awareness and nonjudging of inner experience) were consistently negatively correlated with distress and impairment outcomes.Conclusions:Acquired mindfulness skills during MIHP were maintained at the follow-up. RCI analyses demonstrated that MIHP may protect against worsening stress and burnout during training. Two mindfulness skills, acting with awareness and nonjudging of inner experience, showed potential mechanistic effects on work-relevant outcomes. Booster sessions to encourage maintained mindfulness practices and skills should be investigated in future trials. This study was registered on clinicaltrials.gov (#NCT03403335) on January 11, 2018.