To the Editor: We thank Beas and Dı́az-Pardav e for their continued interest in our article demonstrating high burnout among palliative care clinicians. Burnout is ultimately a complex, multifaceted syndrome characterized by varying degrees of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low sense of personal accomplishment. As the authors highlight, a variety of approaches have been used to ass...

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...

Within the field-dominating, multidimensional theory of burnout, burnout is viewed as a work-specific condition. As a consequence, the burnout syndrome cannot be investigated outside of the occupational domain. In the present paper, this restrictive view of burnout’s scope is criticized and a rationale to decide between a work-specific and a generic approach to burnout is presented. First, the ...

Within the field-dominating, multidimensional theory of burnout, burnout is viewed as a work-specific condition. As a consequence, the burnout syndrome cannot be investigated outside of the occupational domain. In the present paper, this restrictive view of burnout's scope is criticized and a rationale to decide between a work-specific and a generic approach to burnout is presented. First, the ...

REV BRAS EPIDEMIOL JAN-MAR 2015; 18(1): 68-79 ABSTRACT: Introduction: The burnout syndrome is a psychosocial phenomenon that arises as a response to chronic interpersonal stressors present at work. There are many aspects that make nursing assistants vulnerable to chronic stress situations that may lead to burnout, highlighting the low degree of autonomy in the healthcare staff and spending more...

INTRODUCTION The burnout syndrome is a psychosocial phenomenon that arises as a response to chronic interpersonal stressors present at work. There are many aspects that make nursing assistants vulnerable to chronic stress situations that may lead to burnout, highlighting the low degree of autonomy in the healthcare staff and spending more in direct contact with patients. OBJECTIVES To assess ...

Burnout is a global concern and work-related stress has the potential to negatively affect the individual’s psychological and physical health, as well as an organization’s effectiveness. Therefore, it is recognized worldwide as a major challenge to workers’ health and the functioning of their organizations. In the last decade, several epidemiological studies have found a high prevalence of the ...

By operational criteria, burnout appears to be a multifaceted behavioral syndrome consisting of maladaptive individual responses subsequent to prolonged stressful situations. Given the intense physical and cognitive demands of providing high quality healthcare to a wide spectrum of patients, healthcare professionals are particularly susceptible to developing burnout syndrome, a notable phenomen...

Little is known about professional burnout among health-care workers in Egypt. The current study aimed to reveal the extent of burnout among physicians and nursing staff working in the emergency hospital of Tanta University and to identify some of its determinants. A cross-sectional study was carried out on all physicians (n = 266) and a systematic random sample of nurses (n = 284). Burnout was...