AIM The aim of this study was to examine the level of burnout and factors that contribute to burnout in hospital nurses in the People's Republic of China. BACKGROUND While burnout among hospital nurses has been widely researched in western countries, little research has investigated burnout among hospital nurses in China. METHOD A translated version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Se...

AIM To characterise the prevalence of burnout syndrome in a sample of family doctors (FDs) working in the Portuguese National Health System. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Primary healthcare centres from the 18 continental districts and two archipelagos of Portugal. METHOD The Portuguese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey was sent to 40 randomly selecte...

BACKGROUND Burnout is prevalent in doctors and can impact on job dissatisfaction and patient care. In medical students, burnout is associated with poorer self-rated health; however, it is unclear what factors influence its development. This study investigated whether health behaviours predict burnout in medical students. METHODS Medical students (n=356) at the Universities of St Andrews and M...

Abstract Purpose Physician wellbeing is critical to maximize patient experience, quality of care, and healthcare value. Objective measures guide assess efficacy interventions in terms enhanced thriving (as opposed just decreased pathology) have been limited. Here we provide early data on modifiable targets, potential interventions, comparative impact. Methods In this cross-sectional survey-base...

OBJECTIVES The prevalence of burnout syndrome is increasing among doctors and nurses. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between the psychosocial work environment and burnout syndrome among emergency medical and nursing staff in Spain. A secondary aim was to determine if the effect of this psychosocial work environment on burnout was different for doctors and nurses. METHOD...

Burnout and stress are common, linked problems in health-care workers. We aimed to clarify their causal associations. We assessed stress and the three components of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and low personal accomplishment) using structural equation modelling in a 3-year longitudinal study of a representative sample of 331 UK doctors. Emotional exhaustion and stress show...

The topic of emotion regulation and its relationship with teacher effectiveness is beginning to garner attention by researchers. This study examined the relationship between emotion-regulation ability (ERA), as assessed by the Mayer – Salovey – Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), and both job satisfaction and burnout among secondary-school teachers (N = 123). It also examined the media...

Introduction: Physician burnout in armed forces involves emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a sense of declined personal accomplishment. This can have an adverse effect on quality patient care, the healthcare team cost physician health both in-training physicians practicing physicians. The causative factors include excessive long work shifts, inefficient systems clerical burdens, profe...

BACKGROUND Limited information on the covariates of burnout syndrome in French teachers is available. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative contributions of individual and contextual factors on the three burnout dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. METHODS The source data come from an epidemiological postal survey on physical a...