Creative approaches for reducing burnout in medical personnel

Burnout is a common syndrome seen in healthcare workers, particularly physicians who are exposed to a high level of stress at work; it includes emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment. Burnout among physicians has garnered significant attention because of the negative impact it renders on patient care and medical personnel. Physicians who had high burnout levels reportedly committed more medical errors. Stress management programs that range from relaxation to cognitive-behavioral and patient-centered therapy have been found to be of utmost significance when it comes to preventing and treating burnout. However, evidence is insufficient to support that stress management programs can help reducing job-related stress beyond the intervention period, and similarly mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions efficiently reduce psychological distress and negative vibes, and encourage empathy while significantly enhancing physicians’ quality of life. On the other hand, a few small studies have suggested that Balint sessions can have a promising positive effect in preventing burnout; moreover exercises can reduce anxiety levels and exhaustion symptoms while improving the mental and physical well-being of healthcare workers. Occupational interventions in the work settings can also improve the emotional and work-induced exhaustion. Combining both individual and organizational interventions can have a good impact in reducing burnout scores among physicians; therefore, multidisciplinary actions that include changes in the work environmental factors along with stress management programs that teach people how to cope better with stressful events showed promising solutions to manage burnout. However, until now there have been no rigorous studies to prove this. More interventional research targeting medical students, residents, and practicing physicians are needed in order to improve psychological well-being, professional careers, as well as the quality of care provided to patients.

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“…However, no difference in self-reported burnout, sense of coherence, and job satisfaction was noticed (38). …”

Section: Intervention Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Burnout among physicians

Romani

Ashkar

2014

Libyan Journal of Medicine

223

163

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“…Hitherto unexplored empirically, Crawford et al’s (2013) notion of mutual recovery foregrounds interventions based in communities and facilitated by creative practices, which may provide spaces of trust and empathy. Indeed, joining the literature reviewed above centred on music, creative practice with different art forms has shown promising results in alleviating symptoms across a wide spectrum of conditions (Choi, Lee, & Lim, 2008; Ritter & Low, 1996) and has also proven effective in reducing professional burnout among physicians, clinicians, and mental health workers (Brooks, Bradt, Eyre, Hunt, & Dileo, 2010; Logid, 2011). However, research on creative practices within clinical settings has typically targeted alleviation of symptoms and reduction of ill-being rather than an in-depth assessment of psychological resources and positive functioning, failing to integrate the recent conceptualizations of well-being.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Promoting well-being through group drumming with mental health service users and their carers

Ascenso

Perkins

Atkins

et al. 2018

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose: Music has been linked with well-being across clinical and community settings. Yet, research has focused on assessment of single dimensions of well-being and on the typical receiver of support services. Acknowledging the burden that a caring role encompasses and integrating recent proposals for a multifaceted definition of well-being, we explore the extent to which group drumming interventions translate into multidimensional well-being change for both mental health service users and carers. Method: Thirty-nine participants engaged in one of a series of community drumming programmes were assessed via semi-structured interviews (n = 11) and focus groups (n = 28) at the end of each programme. Data were analysed using IPA. Results and Conclusion: Emotional, psychological and social dimensions of well-being emerged for both patients and carers, accounted for through six themes: (1) hedonia: positive affect and pleasant physical effects of drumming; (2) agency: initiative and sense of control; (3) accomplishment: non-specific and in relation to musical goals; (4) engagement, through focus and flow; (5) a redefinition of self, through self-awareness, construction of a positive identity, self-prospection and incorporation of a musical identity; and (6) social well-being, through connectedness and positive relationships. The potential of such interventions for clinical contexts is discussed.

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“…Three of the four most frequent stages (Stages 5, 6 and 11) were those also found by D. M. Brooks et al (2010). As they only described this phenomenon, but did not provide further analysis of it, it is difficult to make direct comparisons between our findings.…”

Section: Frequenciesmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…The MBI-GS has high validity and reliability (Schutte et al 2000;Worley et al 2008). It is one of the most common measures used by a range of professionals and was specifically used by several creative and expressive arts therapists in their research (Brooks et al 2010;Italia et al 2008;Salzano et al 2012). …”

Section: Data and Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%