Introduction: Physician burnout is highly prevalent and impacts the quality of health care in the United States. Methods: The existing literature on physician burnout was reviewed with a focus on burnout among surgeons. Results: Although burnout has not been specifically studied in urologists, many other groups of surgeons have been assessed for burnout. Women and physicians experiencing work/h...

Burnout and impairment among professional counselors are serious concerns. Additionally, counselors’ work environments may influence their levels of wellness and burnout. This phenomenological study included the perspectives of 10 professional counselors who responded to questions about how their work environments influence their sense of wellness. Five themes emerged: (a) agency resources, (b)...

Professional burnout syndrome has been described in association with insomnia and metabolic, inflammatory and immune correlates. We investigated the interest of exploring biological parameters and sleep disturbances in relation to burnout symptoms among white-collar workers. Fifty-four participants with burnout were compared to 86 healthy control participants in terms of professional rank level...

PURPOSE The evaluation of professional burnout among hospital nurses and the analysis of correlations between burnout and a subjectively perceived stress and coping styles. MATERIAL AND METHODS A study sample consisted of 227 nurses from general medical, neurological and psychiatric hospital wards. A set of 3 questionnaires was used, including Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Coping Inventory...

Burnout is a significant problem in the nursing profession, contributing to psychological distress, job dissatisfaction, employee turnover, reduced quality of care, and increased healthcare costs. Nursing students are exposed to many of the same stressors that are associated with burnout in practicing nurses. The objective of this paper is to synthesize existing literature regarding the influen...

AIM The aim of this study was to examine the level of burnout and factors that contribute to burnout in hospital nurses in the People's Republic of China. BACKGROUND While burnout among hospital nurses has been widely researched in western countries, little research has investigated burnout among hospital nurses in China. METHOD A translated version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Se...

AIM To examine to what extent personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness), organizational stress, and attitudes toward work and interactions between personality and either organizational stress or attitudes toward work prospectively predict 3 components of burnout. METHODS The study was carried out on 118 hospital nurses. Data were analyzed b...

background essential primary health care is delivered through the public health center phc network by public health workers (behvarzs). health workers are exposed to different types of stresses while working. objectives the aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of burnout and associated factors among rural health workers in the health centers of birjand university of medical sciences...

introduction: the prevalence of behavioral disorders is substantially higher in stressful working environments such as emergency departments. the present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of personality disorders among emergency nurses. methods: in the present epidemiologic study, the prevalence of personality disorders among emergency nurses of three educational hospitals, tehran, iran, w...

BACKGROUND Caseload midwifery reduces childbirth interventions and increases women's satisfaction with care. It is therefore important to understand the impact of caseload midwifery on midwives working in and alongside the model. While some studies have reported higher satisfaction for caseload compared with standard care midwives, others have suggested a need to explore midwives' work-life bal...