Burnout syndrome prevalence in physiotherapists

González-Sánchez, Blanca; López-Arza, María Victoria González; Montanero-Fernández, Jesús; Varela-Donoso, Enrique; Rodríguez-Mansilla, Juan; Mingote-Adan, José Carlos

doi:10.1590/1806-9282.63.04.361

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“…This is reinforced by the significant association between daily working hours, number of patients treated, physical fatigue and global burnout scores. This is in line with previous studies that also found higher burnout in physiotherapists working more than 40 hours per week directly with patients and in those treating more than 20 patients per day (González-Sánchez et al, 2017).…”

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“…In the present study, age was weakly associated with emotional exhaustion but not with the global score of burnout. This is partially in line with the literature that often reports no association between burnout and age (González-Sánchez et al, 2017;Pustułka-Piwnik et al, 2014). However, other studies, although not testing directly the association between age and burnout, report that burnout prevalence is higher in physiotherapists aged 46-62 years and lower in physiotherapists aged 21-35 years (Gisbert et al, 2008).…”

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“…Research has been published on the topic of burnout in physiotherapists, enrolling professionals from several locations in the world, such as Australia (Scutter & Goold, 1995), Cyprus (Pavlakis, Raftopoulos, & Theodorou, 2010), Japan (Ogiwara & Hayashi, 2002), Poland (Śliwiński et al, 2014), Portugal (Rodrigues, Valente, Faria, & Seixas, 2016), Spain (Gisbert, de Los Fayos, & Montesinos, 2008;González-Sánchez et al, 2017) and United States (Wandling & Smith, 1997). However, in Portugal, data is scarce and is provided by a small study (Rodrigues et al, 2016) and more studies are needed towards the understanding and management of burnout in Portuguese physiotherapists.…”

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Burnout in Portuguese physiotherapists, prevalence and influencing factors

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Psychological stress can be viewed as occurring when demands exceed an individual's adaptive capacity. Burnout is an occupational syndrome defined by three dimensions, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and feelings of low personal accomplishment. Factors related to the nature of the physiotherapy practice, in which health care is provided to patients under painful experiences and chronical conditions, to aspects related to emotional fatigue brought by interpersonal exchanges or physical exhaustion due to staff shortage, within an increasingly demanding health care system, expose physiotherapists to a higher risk of burnout and few studies have examined burnout in this specific setting. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of burnout in Portuguese physiotherapists and to explore possible associations between burnout and demographic and work-related variables. Significant but weak association was found between age and emotional exhaustion, and between clinical experience and emotional exhaustion and global burnout score. Weak association was also found between the number of treated patients daily and daily working hours and physical fatigue and global burnout. Workload was associated with significantly higher scores of physical fatigue, cognitive weariness and global burnout. The prevalence of burnout was not high but significant differences were found in the prevalence of physical fatigue between the group with low workload and high workload. Emotional exhaustion was the most relevant predictor of the global burnout score. In conclusion, the results suggest that the prevalence of burnout in Portuguese physiotherapists is not very high, however, workload seems to place these professionals at a higher risk of developing burnout.

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“…In physiotherapy, personal involvement with patients and family members is high. Moreover, contact is maintained over long periods because of the frequency of interventions in long term or chronic pathologies [16]. Based on scientific results [17], burnout could be higher in physiotherapists than in other health professions.…”

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Occupational stress and burnout among physiotherapists: a cross-sectional survey in Cadiz (Spain)

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Background Occupational stress is considered an ongoing epidemic. An inadequate response to a stressful situation can trigger burnout syndrome. In this way, the assistant services (health and teaching) often reach higher levels of burnout. The present study aimed to measure the level of occupational stress and burnout in physiotherapists in the province of Cadiz (Spain), working in the public and/or private sector. Methods This was an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study. A sample of 272 physiotherapists took part in the study. The variables measured were sociodemographic variables, working conditions, level of occupational stress and burnout. Burnout includes three characteristics or dimensions: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and personal accomplishment (PA). Correspondence analysis of the sociodemographic, organizational and psychological variables were analyzed using Chi-squared significance tests. Spearman correlations and a linear regression analysis were also carried out to determine the dependence between occupational stress and burnout. Results The results showed that 30.51% of physiotherapists suffered from a high level of occupational stress, while 34.56% suffered from an average level. There was a clear dependence between a high level of stress and professionals who felt stressed during their academic training period (p = 0.02), those who were in temporary work (p = 0.03) and those with over 10 years of professional experience (p = 0.05). The overall level of burnout was low, since only the EE dimension had a high value; the average was 21.64 ± 10.57. The DP (6.57 ± 4.65) and PA (39.52 ± 5.97) levels were low. There was a significant dependence (p < 0.05) between EE and the following sociodemographic variables: work shift, willingness to study the same degree, stress and inadequate academic training, and a stressful job. In addition, a significant correlation was found between occupational stress and the EE and DP dimensions of burnout. Conclusions A high prevalence of occupational stress was detected among physiotherapists in Cadiz (Spain). The levels of occupational stress and its correlation with burnout show that the cumulative effect of stress could lead to burnout. Furthermore, these results regarding occupational stress show the necessity of developing coping strategies for physiotherapists and healthcare staff.

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“…It manifests most commonly in jobs requiring regular interaction with people seeking help, i.e. healthcare workers, including physicians, nurses or physical therapists (González-Sánchez et al 2017;Pradas-Hernández et al 2018;Rotenstein et al 2018). Data from systematic reviews and meta-analyses suggest that burnout may concern up to 80% of healthcare professionals, depending on the type of job, workload, relationships with co-workers, sex (women appear to be more susceptible) and perceived stress (Adriaenssens et al 2015;Kumar 2016;Rabatin et al 2016).…”

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Can chronotype and social jet lag predict burnout among physical therapists?

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Burnout syndrome can be described as a set of psychological and somatic responses to chronic stress related to professional work. The aim of this study was to verify whether chronotype and social jetlag (SJL) are predictors of burnout symptoms among physical therapists. The studied sample consisted of 61 physical therapists. Variables of interest included raw scores of the following tools: the Link Burnout Questionnaire (LBQ), Chronotype Questionnaire (CQ), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and an authored questionnaire regarding sociodemographics and information required to calculate SJL. Linear regression models were constructed to predict LBQ dimension scores. An increase in the Psychophysical Exhaustion score was associated with a decrease in CQ Morningness-Eveningness (ME) score, an increase in CQ Distinctness of the Rhythm (DI) score and a decrease in SJL. Also, the Psychophysical Exhaustion score was higher for subjects reporting fairly poor quality sleep (PSQI) than for rating it as very good. An interaction was identified between SJL and ME. An increase in Sense of Professional Ineffectiveness was predicted by a decreased SJL score, and increased Disillusionment was associated with higher DI score. Both chronotype and SJL may prove useful predictors of certain aspects of burnout among physical therapists, but they should be considered together.

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Burnout syndrome prevalence in physiotherapists

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Burnout in Portuguese physiotherapists, prevalence and influencing factors

Burnout in Portuguese physiotherapists, prevalence and influencing factors

Occupational stress and burnout among physiotherapists: a cross-sectional survey in Cadiz (Spain)

Can chronotype and social jet lag predict burnout among physical therapists?

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