Physiological correlates of burnout among women

Burned out cognition – cognitive functioning of burnout patients before and after a period with psychological treatment

“…However, whether glucocorticoids indeed play a role in cognitive effects in burnout is currently difficult to establish as the results of studies in this research field are mixed. For example, studies reported reduced (16,17), equal (42,43), and elevated (44,45) cortisol levels among individuals with burnout compared to healthy individuals. Clearly, more insight into potential (neuro)endocrine abnormalities among individuals with burnout, and the possible effects of these abnormalities upon cognition and the brain, is required.…”

Burnout in Mothers and Fathers of Children Surviving Brain Tumour

“…The self-reported burnout was analyzed in two ways: 1) Quantity of burnout symptoms in the form of the individual SMBQ-total and subscale scores represented relative burnout; 2) A measure of current burnout was obtained through categorizing the SMBQ-total scores. This procedure was based on the cut-off levels set by Grossi et al (2003): respondents with a score of 2.75 or less were assigned to a low-burnout group, while a score of 3.75 or more indicated high-burnout. In the present study these two categories are referred to as no burnout, including those reporting no or negligible expressions of burnout symptoms, and current burnout, which can be assumed to indicate evident symptoms of burnout.…”

Physiological Response as Biomarkers of Adverse Effects of the Psychosocial Work Environment

“…A positive association with concentrations of HbA 1c was found in three studies of poor social support (Grossi et al, 2003;Hansen et al, 2003a;Kawakami et al, 2000) and one of low job satisfaction (Kawakami et al, 1989).…”

“…Job demands and job control were the most intensely studied factors of the psychosocial work environment. The result was clearest on HbA 1c , where all studies reported positive associations to both job demands (Cesana et al, 1985;Grossi et al, 2003;Hansen et al, 2003a;Kawakami et al, 2000) and job control (Grossi et al, 2003;Hansen et al, 2003a;Kawakami et al, 2000;Riese et al, 2000). Concentrations of testosterone were negatively associated with job demands (Hansen et al, 2003b) and job control (Berg et al, 1992;Hansen et al, 2003a;Theorell et al, 1990), whereas concentrations of fibrinogen were positively associated with job demands in all population based studies (Clays et al, 2005;Kittel et al, 2002;Steptoe et al, 2003;Tsutsumi et al, 1999), but not in workplace studies (Ishizaki et al, 2001;Riese et al, 2000).…”