BACKGROUND Burnout experienced by physicians is concerning because it may affect quality of care. OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency of burnout among physicians at an academic health science centre and to test the hypothesis that work hours are related to burnout. METHODS All 300 staff physicians, contacted through their personal e-mail, were provided an encrypted link to an anonymous que...

the aim of the present survey was to investigate and compare job burnout between professors of physical education and other fields of study. this survey used a discursive comparative approach. the statistical population consisted of professors from human sciences faculties in universities of tehran, shahid beheshti and allameh tabataba’i. 65 professors were selected as the sample using stratifi...

The purposes of this study were to investigate the potential predictors of personal burnout among staff working with people with intellectual disabilities and to investigate whether personal burnout is associated with health and work-related outcomes. A cross-sectional survey was carried out in 2011 in 30 residential facilities in northern Germany (N = 409, response rate 45%). The German standa...

An exploratory descriptive study design was used to investigate job satisfaction and burnout among Palestinian nurses. A random sample of 152 nurses was recruited from private hospitals. The instruments included a demographic questionnaire, the Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire and the Maslach burnout inventory. Respondents reported moderate levels of job satisfaction and moderate burnout. P...

BACKGROUND Burnout in the healthcare workers is formally defined as a state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion caused by long-term involvement in situations that are emotionally demanding. METHODS Using a random stratified sampling method and taking into account geographical location, specialty and type of employment, 172 physiotherapists working both in the private and public secto...

BACKGROUND Teaching is considered a highly stressful occupation. Burnout is a negative affective response occurring as a result of chronic work stress. While the early theories of burnout focused exclusively on work-related stressors, recent research adopts a more integrative approach where both environmental and individual factors are studied. Nevertheless, such studies are scarce with teacher...

OBJECTIVES To explore the prevalence and associated factors of burnout among five different medical professions in a regional teaching hospital. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Hospital-based survey. PARTICIPANTS A total of 1329 medical professionals were recruited in a regional hospital with a response rate of 89%. These voluntary participants included 101 physicians, 68 physician ...