Mental health problems and psychological burnout in Medical Health Practitioners: A study of associations and triadic comorbidity

Ashraf, Farzana; Ahmad, Hassaan; Shakeel, Muneeba; Aftab, Sana; Masood, Afsheen

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“…Shazad et al stated the main factor of burnout as the lack of getting support from the work environment and family members. 10,11 Severe comorbidity of depression, anxiety and stress in health care workers was demonstrated by Ashraf et al 12 In the literature, many methods, mostly questionnaires, were used to evaluate the occupational burnout, job satisfaction and anxiety levels of employees. 4,13,14 Turkish EPs are facing with heavy work overloads because of overcrowding and also with abuse and injury because of patient and/or their relatives violence.…”

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Occupational burnout, job satisfaction and anxiety among emergency medicine doctors in Turkey

Sönmez

Gül

2021

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate possible differences in the levels of anxiety, burnout and job satisfaction among emergency medicine doctors based on their age, gender, employment duration, job title and institution. Methods: General practitioners, residents, specialists and faculty members working in emergency departments (ED) in Turkey were invited to participate in this questionnaire-based study through an e-mail link between September 2018 and January 2019. A total of 141 doctors from different cities of Turkey who completely filled the questionnaire with their own will were recruited for the study. The Maslach Burnout Inventory(MBI) was used to measure occupational burnout levels, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory(STAI) to measure anxiety levels and the Short Form Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (SFMSQ) to measure job satisfaction levels of doctors working in EDs. In assessing MBI; Emotional Exhaustion score(EE) is considered low for 0-11 points, moderate for 12-17 points and high >17 points; Depersonalization score is considered low for 0-5 points, moderate for 6-9 points and high ≥ 10 points; , Feeling of low personal accomplishment(PA) is considered low for 0-21 points, moderate for 22-25 points and high ≥ 26 points. In Assessing STAI; 20-49 points were considered low/ moderate anxiety and 50-80 points considered high/ very high anxiety. In assessing SFMSQ neutral job satisfaction point was reported 3; so individuals are considered extremely dissatisfied/ not satisfied (low) if job satisfaction point <3 and very/ extremely satisfied (high) if job satisfaction point >3. Results: The mean age of the study group was 33.3 (±7.3) and mean employment duration was 8.37 (±6.89). In the overall study population, the emotional exhaustion(EE) was high while depersonalization(DP) and reduction of personal accomplishment(PA) were detected at medium level in the evaluation of MBI subscales. In evaluating overall study population for STAI, state and trait anxiety scores both showed the presence of mild to moderate anxiety. The overall study population evaluation results for SFMSQ were, high levels of general and intrinsic job satisfaction and low levels of extrinsic job satisfaction was measured. Younger the age and shorter the duration of employment is found to be associated with a significant increase in EE and DP and a significant decrease in PA. Conclusion: In this study, scale results showed that doctors working in EDs had high levels of occupational burnout and anxiety, while job satisfaction levels were low. In addition, a significant relationship was found between the decrease in “age and employment duration” and the increase in “depersonalization”. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.3.3363 How to cite this:Sonmez LO, Gul M. Occupational burnout, job satisfaction and anxiety among emergency medicine doctors in Turkey. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(3):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.3.3363 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Occupational burnout, job satisfaction and anxiety among emergency medicine doctors in Turkey

Sönmez

Gül

2021

Pak J Med Sci

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“… *Mental illness refers to a behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern in an individual that causes clinically significant distress. It warrants diagnosis and management by a medical professional [ 40 , 41 ]. † Low physical activity refers to sedentary, little, or no exercise.…”

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“…� Mental illness refers to a behavioral or psychological syndrome or pattern in an individual that causes clinically significant distress. It warrants diagnosis and management by a medical professional[40,41].† Low physical activity refers to sedentary, little, or no exercise. Moderate physical activity refers to a low level of exertion or aerobic exercises for 20-60 min per week.High physical activity refers to aerobic exercises for >1 h per week.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244338.t002Fig 1.…”

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Factors associated with self-reported burnout level in allied healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

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Background Burnout has adverse implications in healthcare settings, compromising patient care. Allied health professionals (AHPs) are defined as individuals who work collaboratively to deliver routine and essential healthcare services, excluding physicians and nurses. There is a lack of studies on burnout among AHPs in Singapore. This study explored factors associated with a self-reported burnout level and barriers to seeking psychological help among AHPs in Singapore. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in a sample of AHPs in a tertiary hospital from October to December 2019. We emailed a four-component survey to 1127 eligible participants. The survey comprised four components: (1) sociodemographic characteristics, (2) Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS), (3) Areas of Worklife Survey, and (4) Perceived Barriers to Psychological Treatment (PBPT). We performed a multiple logistic regression analysis to identify factors associated with burnout. Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and associated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed. Results In total, 328 participants completed the questionnaire. The self-reported burnout level (emotional exhaustion>27 and/or depersonalization>10) was 67.4%. The majority of the respondents were female (83.9%), Singaporean (73.5%), aged 40 years and below (84.2%), and Chinese ethnicity (79.9%). In the multiple logistic regression model, high burnout level was negatively associated with being in the age groups of 31 to 40 (AOR 0.39, 95% CI 0.16–0.93) and 40 years and older (AOR 0.30, 95% CI 0.10–0.87) and a low self-reported workload (AOR 0.35, 95% CI 0.23–0.52). High burnout level was positively associated with a work experience of three to five years (AOR 5.27, 95% CI 1.44–20.93) and more than five years (AOR 4.24; 95% CI 1.16–16.79. One hundred and ninety participants completed the PBPT component. The most frequently cited barriers to seeking psychological help by participants with burnout (n = 130) were ‘negative evaluation of therapy’ and ‘time constraints.’ Conclusions This study shows a high self-reported burnout level and identifies its associated factors among AHPs in a tertiary hospital. The findings revealed the urgency of addressing burnout in AHPs and the need for effective interventions to reduce burnout. Concurrently, proper consideration of the barriers to seeking help is warranted to improve AHPs' mental well-being.

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“…Burnout Syndrome 1 was first described by Freudenbergen in 1974 [1][2][3] comprising a set of non specific physical and psychological symptoms [4] resulting from overwork [5]. Later, in 2001, Maslach, Schaufeil and Leiter [6] considered it a three-dimensional occupational syndrome [7][8][9][10][11] characterized by Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization and loss of Personal Achievement at Work [12][13][14] which would become used in most future studies. Today Burnout is a condition of physical and psychological exhaustion [15][16][17][18] resulting from chronic exposure [19][20][21] to work stressors [3,14,[22][23][24].…”

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Reappraising Burnout Syndrome in Healthcare under Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic

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2021

J Psychiatry Ment Health

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Mental health problems and psychological burnout in Medical Health Practitioners: A study of associations and triadic comorbidity

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Occupational burnout, job satisfaction and anxiety among emergency medicine doctors in Turkey

Occupational burnout, job satisfaction and anxiety among emergency medicine doctors in Turkey

Factors associated with self-reported burnout level in allied healthcare professionals in a tertiary hospital in Singapore

Reappraising Burnout Syndrome in Healthcare under Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic

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