Frequency and Prediction of Burnout Among Physicians Who Completed Palliative Care Fellowship Training - A 10 Year Survey

Burnout among palliative care providers

“…Predictors of burnout within this review are being aged younger than 50, having a nonphysician clinical role, working long hours (>50 per week), working weekends, working with limited colleague support, female gender, administrative job duties, younger age, reading habits, fatigue, and being single or separated (Kamal et al, 2020; Marchalik et al, 2019; Reddy et al, 2020, 2022). In a study that looked at whether personality traits and experience contribute to burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and compassion satisfaction, O'Mahony et al (2018) found that neuroticism was positively associated with burnout.…”

What is the Rate of Depersonalization and Burnout Among Hospital-Based Palliative Care Nurse Practitioners? A Review of Validated Instruments

“…Recent empirical research demonstrates that DP is a prevalent symptom associated with burnout among palliative care clinicians (PCCs) (Kamal et al, 2020;Reddy et al, 2022) and is detrimental to patientcentered care (Miles & Asbridge, 2017). Additionally, over half of hospice-and palliative medicine-trained fellows report burnout (Reddy et al, 2022), while other studies estimate burnout rates near 40% among PCCs in general (Kamal et al, 2020;Marchalik et al, 2019;Reddy et al, 2020). Regardless of its prevalence, burnout damages the PC workforce, which is already deficient in providers (Kamal et al, 2017(Kamal et al, , 2019.…”

“…Most studies on burnout among PCCs have not examined the NP role specifically (Hotchkiss, 2018;Kamal et al, 2020;Marchalik et al, 2019;Reddy et al, 2020Reddy et al, , 2022. The only known study of burnout among PC NPs found that 80% of hospital-based PC NPs working at a large medical university in an urban U.S. location have moderate levels of burnout (Soper, 2022).…”

“…For instance, to ensure that a patient's well-being is fully addressed, PC clinicians must host robust, personalized goals of care conversations. Recent empirical research demonstrates that DP is a prevalent symptom associated with burnout among palliative care clinicians (PCCs) (Kamal et al, 2020; Reddy et al, 2022) and is detrimental to patient-centered care (Miles & Asbridge, 2017). Additionally, over half of hospice- and palliative medicine-trained fellows report burnout (Reddy et al, 2022), while other studies estimate burnout rates near 40% among PCCs in general (Kamal et al, 2020; Marchalik et al, 2019; Reddy et al, 2020).…”

“…Additionally, Kamal et al (2020) found that the nonphysician clinical role, including that of NPs, physician assistants, registered nurses, and social workers, are at an increased risk for burnout. Other risk factors that can exacerbate burnout among PCCs include being under the age of 50 years, being female, and being single (Kamal et al, 2020; Marchalik et al, 2019; Reddy et al, 2022). These facts should alarm PC stakeholders because, as of 2022, more than 85% of U.S. NPs in PC are female, their average age is 45 years, and nearly one-third of them report that they intend to leave their job within 2 years (Zippia the Career Expert, 2022).…”