BACKGROUND Almost three-quarters of family practice residents in British Columbia (BC) meet criteria for burnout. We sought to understand how burnout is perceived and experienced by family medicine residents, and to identify both contributory and protective factors for resident burnout. METHOD Two semi-structured focus groups were conducted with ten family practice residents from five distinc...

Burnout among human service professionals, such as nurses, has been studied in various countries for years using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). This paper reports on confirmatory factor analyses using LISREL that examined the factorial validity of the MBI. The sample consisted of 151 registered nurses from west-central Florida. Modifications of the initial hypothesized three-factor struct...

Background: Occupational burnout has numerous psychological consequences affecting social capital. Similarly, social capital is one of the most important factors affecting occupational burnout. Thus, the present study is conducted to investigate the relationship between social capital with occupational stress and burnout among the staff of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. Materials an...

Dentistry is a profession demanding physical and mental efforts as well as people contact, which can result in burnout. The level of burnout among 307 clinical dental students in 2 Jordanian universities was evaluated using the Maslach Burnout Inventory survey. Scores for the inventory's 3 subscales were calculated and the mean values for the students' groups were computed separately. Dental st...

purpose: the aim of the current study was to predict the high school students' academic burnout based on social adjustment, academic procrastination and academic hope. materials and method: current research method was descriptive and correlational. the study population included all high school students of the state female high schools of bojnourd. 350 students were selected as a sample emp...

Several observations have addressed high rates of occupational burnout among personnel of emergency medical services (EMSs) centers. Occupational burnout influences EMS personnel's well-being and quality of life. The main objective of this study was to assess burnout and its determinants among Iranian EMS personnel. This study was carried out at all EMS centers in two provinces of Kermanshah an...

background burnout is a syndrome, include with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal competence. it has negative impact on the physical, psychological and vocational aspects of the nurses life. the study was carried out to determine burnout and its associated factors in operating room nurses from qom teaching hospitals. material and methods a descriptive –analytical study...

Background. There are not enough studies which have investigated variables associated with the development of burnout among residents working with cancer patients. Study‟s aim is to identify variables leading to residents‟ burnout in order to develop effective interventions to reduce burnout. Methods. Burnout was assessed with Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results. Person(i.e. emotional-focused co...