Occupational burnout among radiation therapists in Australia: Findings from a mixed methods study

Singh, N.; Wright, Caroline; Knight, Kellie; Baird, Marilyn; Akroyd, Duane; Adams, Robert D.; Schneider-Kolsky, Michal Elisabeth

doi:10.1016/j.radi.2017.03.016

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“…Hence, individual and environmental stressors can influence the degree of professional satisfaction and contribute to the likelihood to experience burnout. Among them, high workload, staff shortage, organizational stress, conflict and personal distress have been demontsrated to be correlated to burnout amongst RTTs [5,8]. These results demonstate that personality trait of alexithymia and empathy, together with professional variables, were significantly correlated with burnout and all the other components of professional QoL.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…RTTs have a crucial role in the planning and delivery of targeted radiation treatment to cancer patients, with high-profile technical and procedural requirements demanding great responsibility [4]. At the same time, they need to interact with patients on a daily basis, monitoring side effects and providing patients with meaningful information, comfort and support [5]. Moreover, similar to other healthcare professionals, they face increasing productivity requirements.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The role of alexithymia and empathy on radiation therapists’ professional quality of life

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Tesio

Bertholet

et al. 2020

Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncolo

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Background and purpose: Physical and mental well-being are crucial for oncology professionals as they affect performance at work. Personality traits, as alexithymia and empathy, may influence professional quality of life. Alexithymia involves diminished skills in emotion processing and awareness. Empathy is pertinent to the ability to understand another's 'state of mind/emotion'. The PROject on BurnOut in RadiatioN Oncology (PRO BONO) investigates professional quality of life amongst radiation oncology professionals, exploring the role of alexithymia and empathy. The present study reports on data pertinent to radiation therapists (RTTs). Material and methods: An online survey targeted ESTRO members. Participants were asked to fill out 3 questionnaires for alexithymia, empathy and professional quality of life: (a) Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20); (b) Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI); (c) Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQoL). The present analysis focuses on RTTS to evaluate compassion satisfaction (CS), secondary traumatic stress (STS) and Burnout and their correlation with alexithymia and empathy, using generalized linear modeling. Covariates found significant at univariate linear regression analysis were included in the multivariate linear regression model. Results: A total of 399 RTTs completed all questionnaires. The final model for the burnout scale of ProQoL found, as significal predictors, the TAS-20 total score (b = 0.46, p < 0 0.001), and the individual's perception of being valued by supervisor (b = À0.29, p < 0.001). With respect to CS, the final model included TAS-20 total score (b = À0.33, p < 0.001), the Empatic Concern domain (b = 0.23, p < 0.001) of the IRI questionnaire and the individual's perception of being valued by colleagues (b = 0.22, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Alexithymia increased the likelyhood to experience burnout and negatively affected the professional quality of life amongst RTTs working in oncology. Empathy resulted in higher professional fulfillment together with collegaues' appreciation. These results may be used to

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The role of alexithymia and empathy on radiation therapists’ professional quality of life

Franco

Tesio

Bertholet

et al. 2020

Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncolo

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“…Recent studies have also reported burnout and compassion stress among qualified RTs. 21,22,25,29 It is possible students' learning could be impacted by the same stressors as staff are exposed to in the clinical environments. In a research study, Mason 1 identified several factors such as fear of making a The range of associated risk factors students can potentially encounter in clinical environments.…”

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“…In a research study, Mason 1 identified several factors such as fear of making a The range of associated risk factors students can potentially encounter in clinical environments. 1,12,13,15,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] mistake, feeling unprepared, intimidation, hurtful criticism by clinical staff members and other challenges related to difficult patients that could also impact students, as highlighted in Fig. 1.…”

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Strategies to develop student support mechanisms in medical radiation sciences clinical education

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Singh

Gunn

et al. 2020

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

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Clinical placement experience is an important component of medical radiation science (MRS) education, equipping students to safely transition into complex healthcare environments. This commentary draws on evidence from the literature that reports challenges allied health students face in clinical environments. As several factors are implicated that could result in a higher prevalence of psychological distress and mental ill-health in MRS students, there is a need to re-emphasize the importance of developing strategies to support students in clinical education. A key recommendation is to identify associated risk factors early as they can impact on the quality of education and in severe cases be detrimental to students' psychological well-being. This requires an understanding of the full extent and nature of the challenges through partnered approaches between professional organisations, clinical departments, academics and students. Developing evidence-based strategies for improving students' wellbeing in clinical environments is also essential.

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Clinical workflow of sonographers performing fetal anomaly ultrasound scans: deep‐learning‐based analysis

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Sharma

Karim

et al. 2022

Ultrasound in Obstet & Gyne

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What are the novel findings of this work?Using sonography big data and deep learning to describe video content automatically, we studied obstetric ultrasound as a data-science problem. We showed that an anomaly scan can be modeled as a non-ordered sequence of anatomical structure acquisitions. What are the clinical implications of this work?The lack of a universal scanning sequence supports the hypothesis that anomaly scanning is opportunistic by nature, continuously taking advantage of fetal position. Trainees may benefit from appreciating that even experts do not follow guidelines as an ordered list, but rather acquire planes and images according to visibility.

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Occupational burnout among radiation therapists in Australia: Findings from a mixed methods study

Cited by 18 publications

References 27 publications

The role of alexithymia and empathy on radiation therapists’ professional quality of life

The role of alexithymia and empathy on radiation therapists’ professional quality of life

Strategies to develop student support mechanisms in medical radiation sciences clinical education

Clinical workflow of sonographers performing fetal anomaly ultrasound scans: deep‐learning‐based analysis

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