Perfectionism and Burnout in Health Care Professionals

Abstract

Aim: To discover the relationship between adaptive and maladaptive perfectionism and professional burnout in laboratory diagnosticians in the Pomorskie [Pomeranian] Voivodship, Poland. Material and methods: The Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) and the Adaptive and Maladaptive Perfectionism Questionnaire (PAD) were used in the descriptive cross-sectional study. Results: Previous research suggests that the phenomenon of occupational burnout among the professional group of laboratory diagnosticians seems to have a specific nature, different from burnout in other medical professionals. It is believed that extremely high job demands, insufficient personal resources, as well as certain personality characteristics (which can alter the perceptions and responses to job demands as well as the perception and use of resources), are essential to the development of professional burnout. Conclusions: In the age of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus pandemic, strict compliance with safety procedures when performing tests for virus infection through laboratory diagnostics is of especially great importance to the entire epidemiological situation.