2020
DOI: 10.30773/pi.2020.0147
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Burnout as a Mediator in the Relationship between Work-Life Balance and Empathy in Healthcare Professionals

Abstract: Objective This cross-sectional study aimed to 1) explore the relationships among work-life balance (WLB), burnout, and empathy and 2) investigate the roles of the subtypes of burnout relating to WLB and empathy.Methods A total of 105 health care professionals from a general hospital in Seoul were assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, and a one-sentence-question on subjective WLB. Multiple questions on psychiatric problems, including sleep problems, anxiety, depress… Show more

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“…Fifteen of them described cross-sectional studies: 13 studies were correlational designs, 8 , 23 , 41–51 one was a cohort study, 52 and one was an observational study. 53 Four studies included an interventional design, using one of them a randomized experiment with a control group, 54 whereas the other three were quasi-experimental studies. 55–57 Four articles described a longitudinal cohort design.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fifteen of them described cross-sectional studies: 13 studies were correlational designs, 8 , 23 , 41–51 one was a cohort study, 52 and one was an observational study. 53 Four studies included an interventional design, using one of them a randomized experiment with a control group, 54 whereas the other three were quasi-experimental studies. 55–57 Four articles described a longitudinal cohort design.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many office workers worldwide value the welfare of their workplace. This value is also paramount to work-life balance ( 64 66 ). Additionally, sufficient rest positively affects and increases work efficiency.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Professional burnout impacts the quality of life in the somatic, social and environmental domains, especially in the older group of nurses (25). Poor QNWL was significantly associated with low levels of empathy, and this relationship was mediated by personal achievement, a sub-dimension of burnout (30).…”
Section: Relationship Of Qnwl and Burnout Of The Reviewed Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another study found that burnout syndrome occurs mainly in healthcare professionals such as doctors and nurses due to their daily contact with human conflict and demands from patients. Nurses who are frequently exposed to uncomfortable patient circumstances might hurt their professional quality of life, resulting in poor patient outcomes, and working during the COVID-19 pandemic (21,29,30).…”
Section: Factors Associated With Qnwl and Burnoutmentioning
confidence: 99%