T he health and dedication of physicians and other care providers is critical to the nation’s healthcare system. Quality of care is dependent on an engaged, competent, compassionate, and cohesive team of providers working together to meet the needs of their patients. Unfortunately, increasing evidence suggests that the nation’s physicians and nurses are experiencing epidemic levels of burnout, ...

Medical residency is an enriching experience; it is a required process to prepare for a solid career and personal growth of the young medical staff. In a developing country, where material and human resources are limited, the resident is compelled to overinvest in order to achieve satisfaction. In view to manage the feeling of helplessness in this complex system, psychosocial coping is required...

CONTEXT Studies of burnout among allopathic physicians have shown many deleterious effects for both physicians and patients. To our knowledge, no studies have quantified burnout among osteopathic physicians. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of burnout, mentoring, and resident training satisfaction among US osteopathic otolaryngology residents compared with previously published data for a...

OBJECTIVES Professional burnout is closely related to work stress but less frequently associated with disturbed sleep. This study determines whether job strain and sleep disturbances are associated risk factors of burnout among financial workers. DESIGN Observational study. PARTICIPANTS 1300 employees (725 female) of a financial company. PRIMARY MEASURES Self-reported questionnaires (Masl...

The impact of physician burnout on the quality of patient care is unclear. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the prevalence of burnout in family physicians in Croatia and its association with physician and practice characteristics, and patient enablement as a consultation outcome measure. Hundred and twenty-five out of 350 family physicians responded to our invitation to participa...

Received: 18. 05. 2006. Accepted: 18. 10. 2006. High rates of professional burnout syndrome have been found among health service professionals. Our objective �as to study the prevalence of burnout syndrome among physicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to determine its relationship �ith environmental factors of the �orking ambient. A total of 700 physicians in Bosnia and Herzegovina �ere invite...

This study examined the factorial validity of the Maslach Burnout Inventory General Survey (MBI-GS; Schaufeli et al., 1996) in eight different occupational groups of employees (N = 2919), who were recruited through the Internet. Results of multi-group confirmatory factor analyses favored the proposed Three-Factor Model over alternative Two-Factor and One-Factor Models. Exhaustion, cynicism, and...

Background The aim of this study is the exploration of the job burnout syndrome in Greek bank clerks as well as the examination of the demographic factors that seem to have an impact on it. Based on Maslach and Jackson’s [1] theory, the job burnout syndrome has three components: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced professional efficacy within the workplace. In addition, we exami...

The objectives of this study are to assess the psychometric properties of an adapted version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) for academic staff in South African higher education institutions and to investigate differences between the burnout levels of different demographic groups. A survey design was used, with stratified random samples (N = 595) taken of academics in s...