Burnout syndrome and weekly workload of on-call physicians: cross-sectional study

Abstract

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES: Burnout syndrome (BS) is characterized by three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal fulfillment. The objectives of this study were to evaluate a possible association between BS and weekly workload, and to describe the prevalence of BS and the sociodemographic and occupational profile of on-call physicians in Maceió.

Association of burnout with stress, coping strategies and vocational satisfaction in Chilean clinical dental students.

“…'Emotional exhaustion' had the higher levels of severity, which is described as the first feature of the syndrome. 23 This situation is consistent with the literature, 24,25 but the prevalence rate of burnout in Chilean students is higher than other countries. 21 While women were more affected by burnout than men, this difference was not significant.…”

A pilot study on burnout syndrome: its existence, causes and coping strategies practiced by medical professionals in Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Sri Lanka

“…Contradictory results are found in other publications elaborating that there is no significant relationship between number of work hours and burnout syndrome (Weinberg & Creed, 2000, Barbosa et al, 2012.…”

Burnout syndrome: understanding of medical teaching professionals

“…Those same psychological signs and symptoms identified by the study participants are described as negative feelings and attitudes of teaching physicians, such as dissatisfaction, irritability, aggressiveness, interfere with their professional performance, and have consequences involving the deterioration of interpersonal relationships and work income [15].…”

“…Burnout syndrome is a response to chronic stress, whose components are a syndrome of emotional and/or physical exhaustion, low labor productivity and excessive depersonalization [14]. That syndrome may relate to the emotional response to chronic stress situations due to intense work hours or to the high expectations regarding their professional development and dedication, and not achieving the expectations [15,16]. Its initial studies referred to it as a self-help syndrome, which requires the professional to demand more attention to people who are in vulnerable situations of dependence [17,18].…”