A Pilot Study of Job Burnout among Hospital-Based Occupational Therapists

Brollier, Chestina; Bender, Doreen; Cyranowski, Jill M.; Velletri, Carolyn

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“…The findings from this study indicated that work involvement, a large number of clients in one's caseload diagnosed with schizophrenia, work pressure, age, income level, the length of time working in psychiatric occupational therapy, size of caseload and the amount of overtime performed on a weekly basis were significant predictors of burnout. Unlike some of the earlier studies (Sturgess and Poulsen, 1983;Brollier et al, 1986;Rogers and Dodson, 1988), the mean score for emotional exhaustion for all respondents was significantly higher than that of the normative group of the MBI. This was found to be influenced by the particularly high scores of the senior therapists.…”

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“…However, the senior staff usually received little formal training in supervision, which may in itself be an additional stressor. Some previous research has shown that supervisory clinicians generally experience higher levels of burnout than staff clinicians (Brollier et al, 1986(Brollier et al, , 1987.…”

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“…The results of this study suggested that particular professional development activities such as continuing education and reading journal articles might be instrumental in the reduction of a high degree of burnout. Brollier et al (1986) surveyed 129 female registered occupational therapists (OTRs) in Virginia, United States, using the MBI. A convenience sample was used for this study.…”

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Work‐related stress and occupational therapy

Lloyd

King

2001

Occupation Therapy Intl

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Occupational stress and burnout have been studied extensively in the human services. It has been suggested that healthcare professionals in particular are at risk of stress owing to the caring nature of their work. Articles related to occupational therapy and work-related stress were reviewed in regard to practice in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and Sweden. Although the empirical literature is relatively weak for occupational therapy, it has been argued that occupational therapists in health care share risk factors with other healthcare professionals. These risk factors include repeated exposure to distress and difficult behaviour, prolonged interventions and uncertain outcome. Issues such as professional status, staffing issues and the nature of the profession have been identified as additional risk factors for occupational therapists. However, empirical studies that enable burnout rates of occupational therapists to be compared with those of related occupational groups suggest that this may not be the case. Occupational therapists may in fact be protected from some stress and burnout factors. Further research is recommended to clarify the nature of stress experienced by occupational therapists and to identify both risk and protective factors characteristic of the profession.

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Work‐related stress and occupational therapy

Lloyd

King

2001

Occupation Therapy Intl

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“…Brollier, Bender, Cyranowski & Velletri (1986) demonstrated that burnout among a sample of American occupational therapists did not vary according to the area of clinical practice or the amount of direct client contact time. In subsequent research, Brollier and her colleagues determined that employment in specialized clinical centres appeared to provide clinicians with more feelings of personal accomplishment and hence less burnout than employment in more general settings (Brollier, Bender, Cyranowski & Velletri, 1987a). Rogers & Dodson (1988) examined the level of burnout experienced by a sample of occupational therapists employed in the southeastern United States.…”

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Predictors of Burnout for Psychiatric Occupational Therapy Personnel

Brown¹,

Pranger²

1992

Can J Occup Ther

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Burnout is inherent in many health care professions. This research investigation was conducted to determine if burnout existed at significant levels and if a relationship between burnout, work environment factors and demographic characteristics existed among a group of psychiatric occupational therapy personnel. The study design was a descriptive survey format utilizing mailed questionnaires. Eighty-nine respondents completed the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Work Environment Scale and a demographic questionnaire. A series of regression analyses were performed. The results indicated that the following were significant predictors of burnout: work involvement, a large percentage of clients on one's caseload diagnosed with schizophrenia, work pressure, age, income level, the length of time working in psychiatric occupational therapy, caseload size and the amount of overtime performed on a weekly basis. Implications for psychiatric occupational therapy practice are discussed and recommendations for future research are made.

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“…An initial search of the literature indicated that there had been little attention paid to distinguishing the work-related stressors or the experienced levels of stress within different practice arenas of occupational therapy, even though some specialties are likely to be more stressful than others. The review by Sweeney and Nichols (1996) incorporated studies that identified occupational therapists working in the mental health arena (Sturgess and Poulsen 1983, Brollier et al 1986, Rogers and Dodson 1988, Sweeney et al 1991, 1993a. A more systematic search conducted by the present research team, however, identified a number of additional papers (Brollier 1985, Madill et al 1987, Kraeger and Walker 1993, Allan and Ledwith 1998, which indicated the need for the review in this subject area to be updated.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Effects of Stress and Coping Strategies Used by Occupational Therapists Working in Mental Health Settings

Edwards¹,

Burnard²

2003

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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A systematic review of the research literature published in the United Kingdom between 1966 and 2000 was carried out to determine the effectiveness of stress management interventions for occupational therapists working in mental health settings. Studies from other countries were examined as potential models of good practice. The review was limited to primary research papers that involved occupational therapists working in the mental health arenas, where the health outcomes measured were stressors, moderators and stress outcomes and where sufficient data were provided. The initial search identified 30 papers, of which 13 met the inclusion criteria. One study has been reported since the completion of the review and has been included in this article. All the papers focused on the stressors, moderators and stress outcomes. There was no paper that specifically investigated the effectiveness of stress management interventions for occupational therapists working in the mental health arena. The only literature available was aimed at the occupational therapy profession as a whole and was in the form of a number of recommendations at an organisational and an individual level. Methodological flaws, however, detracted from the rigour of many of the studies. The review demonstrated that a great deal is known about the sources of stress at work, about how to measure stress and about the impact of stress on a range of outcome indicators. What was found to be lacking was a translation of these results either into practice or into research that assessed the impact of interventions that attempted to moderate, minimise or eliminate some of these stressors.

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A Pilot Study of Job Burnout among Hospital-Based Occupational Therapists

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

Work‐related stress and occupational therapy

Work‐related stress and occupational therapy

Predictors of Burnout for Psychiatric Occupational Therapy Personnel

A Systematic Review of the Effects of Stress and Coping Strategies Used by Occupational Therapists Working in Mental Health Settings

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