BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the relationship between several dimensions of the burnout syndrome with certain stress-coping strategies, seniority level and marital status in male staff from National Police in Vaparaíso, Chile. METHODS The sample collected in 2010 was composed of 338 male officers coming from various special units of a National Police in Valparaíso. B...

Burnout is a growing epidemic among professional healthcare students. Unaddressed burnout has been shown to have psychological and performance related detriments. The purpose of this scoping literature review was to investigate the prevalence of burnout and its effects on the psychological, professional, empathetic ability, and academic acuity of graduate healthcare students. Inclusion criteria...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of burnout among a group of Turkish preclinical dental students, to compare the level of burnout and to determine the consequences in structural equation model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Preclinical dental students (n = 329, 50.5% of females and 49.5% of males) aged between 18 and 24 took part in the study. Maslach burnout inventory...

BACKGROUND Sick leave rates due to mental and behavioural disorders have increased in Sweden during the last decades. The aim of this prospective study was to investigate changes in the level of burnout in a working subset of the general population and to identify how such changes relate to changes in work situation and self-perceived economic situation. METHODS A cohort of 1000 persons from ...

To the Editor: Elmariah et al longitudinally assessed burnout among internal medicine residents after the “2011 duty hour changes.” The authors used an abbreviated 5-item version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory to assess burnout, relying on a 5-point scale (from 1 = Disagree strongly to 5 = Agree strongly). In order to estimate burnout’s prevalence, the authors opted for a cutoff score of 3, c...

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...

BACKGROUND The high level of stress experienced by nurses leads to moral distress, burnout, and a host of detrimental effects. OBJECTIVES To support creation of healthy work environments and to design a 2-phase project to enhance nurses' resilience while improving retention and reducing turnover. METHODS In phase 1, a cross-sectional survey was used to characterize the experiences of a high...

Dear Editor: A recent article in this journal described the results of a study of burnout in psychiatric residents. Using a 1-item scale to assess burnout, the investigators found that 21% of the residents were symptomatic. Aside from problems inherent in the absence of binding or consensual criteria to diagnose burnout, the article ignored research that connects burnout and depression. Mountin...

OBJECTIVE This prospective study was designed to test the hypothesis that burnout and insomnia predict each other's incidence and intensification across time. Burnout is conceptualized as representing individuals' unique affective response to their exposure to chronic stressors. METHOD Apparently healthy respondents (1356) completed questionnaires during periodic health examinations undergone...

INTRODUCTION The main goal of the present study was to analyze the burnout syndrome due to selected personality traits (based on the Cloninger's psychobiological personality model and positive and negative affectivity) and the degree of mismatch between teachers and their work environment (described in terms of the Model of Worklife Areas). The 2nd goal was to determine if the participants coul...