Within occupational health research, one of the most influential models is the Job Demands-Control-Support model. Numerous studies have applied the model to different domains, with both physical and psychological health outcomes, such as burnout. The twin design provides a unique and powerful research methodology for examining the effects of environmental risk factors on burnout while taking fa...

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between job burnout and neuroendocrine indicators in soldiers living in a harsh environment. Three hundred soldiers stationed in the arid desert and 600 in an urban area were recruited. They filled in the Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire. One hundred soldiers were randomly selected from each group to measure their levels o...

BACKGROUND Occupational stress and burnout are highly prevalent among medical doctors and can have adverse effects on patient, doctor, and organisational outcomes. The purpose of the current study was to review and evaluate evidence on psychosocial interventions aimed at reducing occupational stress and burnout among medical doctors. METHOD A systematic review was conducted for original resea...

Title: Associations between Occupational Stress, Burnout and Well-being among Manufacturing Workers: Mediating Roles of Psychological capital and Self-esteem Authors: Ziyue Wang ([email protected]) Hongbo Liu ([email protected]) Haijian Yu ([email protected]) Yanwen Wu ([email protected]) Shuai Chang ([email protected]) Lie Wang ([email protected]) Version: 4 Date: 03 Nov 2017 Author’s r...

Objectives: Chinese physicians are being loaded with the enormous psychological pressure and so tend to be susceptible to burnout. Little is known on the relationship between job satisfaction and burnout for physicians from urban public medical institutions. We aim to describe the degree of burnout and evaluate the impact of job satisfaction on burnout. Methods: A crosssectional survey was cond...

To explore the relationship between occupational stress and job burnout of civil aviation air traffic controllers (ATCs) in a certain area. By using cluster sampling method 457 ATCs an management bureau were selected as investigation objects. The content questionnaire (JCQ) effort reward imbalance (ERI) used to measure work requirements independent type ERI levels separately. Maslach Burnout In...

Eight years ago, Occupational Medicine published Waddell and Burton's evidence-based occupational health guidelines for the management of low back pain at work [1]. This work remains one of the most frequently cited and accessed papers we have published. In this issue, Kim Burton and colleagues publish their evidence-based review of the management of work-relevant upper limb disorders and it wi...

24 articles were identified, describing 23 studies: 22 on the effects of MBSR and 1 on the effects of MBSR in combination with some aspects of MBCT. Since no study focused exclusively on MBCT, its effects are not described in this systematic review. Of the 23 studies, 2 were of high methodological quality, 15 were of medium quality and 6 were of low quality. A meta-analysis was not performed du...

OBJECTIVE The current study investigated the burnout and secondary traumatic stress of service providers for North Korean (NK) refugees based on the conceptual framework of theJob Demands-Resources (JD-R) model of workplace burnout. METHODS A cross-sectional self-administered survey was conducted with a national sample consisting of all 63 organizations in direct services to North Korean refu...