BACKGROUND As health care workers face a wide range of psychosocial stressors, they are at a high risk of developing burnout syndrome, which in turn may affect hospital outcomes such as the quality and safety of provided care. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the moderating effect of job control on the relationship between workload and burnout. METHODS A total of 352 hospit...

A literature review was conducted with a view to propose a new definition for burnout syndrome (BS) among university students, as a two-dimensional syndrome, where the two essential or core dimensions of BS are student exhaustion and student apathy and disinterest. It eliminates the third dimension of efficacy or academic self-efficacy in the specific case of students for not meeting the situat...

BACKGROUND The prevalence, diagnostics and therapy of the burnout syndrome are increasingly discussed in the public. The unclear definition and diagnostics of the burnout syndrome are scientifically criticized. There are several therapies with unclear evidence for the treatment of burnout in existence. OBJECTIVES The health technology assessment (HTA) report deals with the question of usage a...

We investigated manual needle and laser needle acupuncture as a complementary therapy for patients with burnout syndrome. Twenty patients with a mean age ± SD of 38.7 ± 8.4 years were assigned to two groups, each consisting of ten patients. One group was treated with manual needle acupuncture and the other with laser needle acupuncture. Heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), and a new score ...

BACKGROUND Recent studies show that teachers, especially in Secondary Education present varying levels of burnout syndrome. This problem could be caused by internal factors unique to the subject (psychological characteristics) or external factors (overwork, social climate, etc.). METHOD The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of interpersonal relationships on the development o...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of burnout among American surgeons and evaluate personal and professional characteristics associated with surgeon burnout. BACKGROUND : Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization that leads to decreased effectiveness at work. A limited amount of information exists about the relationship between specific demographic and practice cha...

Purpose. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the hypothetical model based on structural relationship with the occupational dysfunction on psychological problems (stress response, burnout syndrome, and depression) in healthcare workers. Method. Three cross sectional studies were conducted to assess the following relations: (1) occupational dysfunction on stress response (n = 468), (2) oc...

OBJECTIVES Psychosomatic disorders and symptoms that correlate with the so-called burnout syndrome turned out to be the main cause of increasing rates of premature retirement of school teachers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between occupational burden and psychological strain of teachers who are still in work. METHODS A sample of 408 teachers at ten grammar schools (am: ...