Low heart rate variability in patients with clinical burnout

Lennartsson, Anna-Karin; Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H.; Sjörs, Anna

doi:10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.08.005

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“…In recent studies examining HRV in clinical burnout it was shown that patients exhibited basically reduced parasympathetic activity also without or before stress exposure (de Vente et al, 2015;Lennartsson et al, 2016). In comparison to healthy controls reporting high burnout scores, burnout patients still had significantly lower parasympathetic parameters implying that basic HRV changes develop with chronic stress burden manifested as clinical burnout (Lennartsson et al, 2016).…”

Section: Hrv In Relation To Chronic Work Stress and Burnoutmentioning

confidence: 99%

A biological perspective on differences and similarities between burnout and depression

Orosz

Federspiel²,

Haisch

et al. 2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Section: Hrv In Relation To Chronic Work Stress and Burnoutmentioning

confidence: 99%

A biological perspective on differences and similarities between burnout and depression

Orosz

Federspiel²,

Haisch

et al. 2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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“…As burnout is a possible outcome of chronic job stress, this study investigates the association between the autonomic nervous system and burnout symptoms. Heart rate and heart rate variability have been linked to burnout before (see, e.g., Henning et al., ; Jönsson et al., ; Lennartsson, Jonsdottir, & Sjörs, ; Moya‐Albiol, Serrano, & Salvador, ; Teisala et al., ). However, to our knowledge, no research has been conducted on the association between SC and burnout.…”

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Burnout symptoms in forensic psychiatric nurses and their associations with personality, emotional intelligence and client aggression: A cross‐sectional study

Looff

Nijman

Didden

et al. 2018

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Introduction Aggressive behaviour of forensic clients is associated with burnout symptoms in nursing staff. The role of staff characteristics as moderators is unclear. Aim We explored the association between type and severity of aggressive behaviour as experienced by nursing staff and staff's burnout symptoms. In addition, the moderating roles of personality characteristics and emotional intelligence (EI) were studied. Moreover, the usefulness of ambulatory skin conductance assessments in detecting arousal related to burnout symptoms was studied. Method A total of 114 forensic nursing staff members filled out questionnaires and wore an ambulatory device. Results Experiencing physical aggression was positively associated with staff's burnout symptoms. Stress management skills, a subscale of EI, but not personality, moderated this relationship. Skin conductance was not associated with burnout symptoms. Remarkably, the association between aggression and burnout symptoms was highest for staff reporting a higher number of stress management skills. Discussion Longitudinal research is necessary to establish causality between client aggression and staff burnout symptoms. In addition, further research is necessary on the validity of the aggression measure used in the current study. Implication for practice Nursing staff who experience physical aggression frequently should receive social support for this, and staff who report high stress management skills should be monitored more carefully after having been confronted with aggression.

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“…; Lennartsson et al . ; Moya‐Albiol et al . ), but no associations with SC have been studied (Boucsein ).…”

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Burnout symptoms in forensic mental health nurses: Results from a longitudinal study

Looff

Didden

Embregts

et al. 2018

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Burnout in nursing staff is a major cause for turnover and absenteeism. Identifying risk and protective factors may be helpful in decreasing burnout symptoms. Moreover, research indicates that ambulatory assessments of the autonomic nervous system might be helpful in detecting long-term stress and burnout symptoms. One hundred and ten forensic nursing staff members completed questionnaires measuring experiences with aggressive behaviour, emotional intelligence, personality, and job stress during four waves of data collection across a 2-year period. Multilevel analyses were used to test the predicted associations and moderation effects with (the development of) burnout symptoms. Burnout was predicted by a combination of emotional intelligence, job stress, aggression, personality factors, and skin conductance, but no moderation effects over time were found. Over a period of 2 years, the model approximately predicts a change in one burnout category on the Maslach Burnout Inventory. The amount of burnout symptoms in nurses might be used as an indicator to predict turnover and absenteeism considering the increase in symptoms over time. Nursing staff who experience severe aggression and who have relatively low levels of emotional intelligence and altruism and high levels of neuroticism and job stress should be monitored and supported to decrease the risk of burnout. Staff members can be trained to increase their emotional intelligence and relieve stress to decrease their burnout symptoms and turnover and absenteeism on the long term. Ambulatory assessment might be helpful as a nonintrusive way to detect increasing levels of burnout.

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Low heart rate variability in patients with clinical burnout

Cited by 64 publications

References 46 publications

A biological perspective on differences and similarities between burnout and depression

A biological perspective on differences and similarities between burnout and depression

Burnout symptoms in forensic psychiatric nurses and their associations with personality, emotional intelligence and client aggression: A cross‐sectional study

Burnout symptoms in forensic mental health nurses: Results from a longitudinal study

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