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  • Open Access
69 Citations
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The Abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory Can Overestimate Burnout: A Study of Anesthesiology Residents

  • Wan Yen Lim,
  • John Ong,
  • Sharon Ong,
  • Ying Hao,
  • Hairil Rizal Abdullah,
  • Darren LK Koh and
  • Un Sam May Mok

26 December 2019

The Maslach Burnout Inventory for healthcare professionals (MBI-HSS) and its abbreviated version (aMBI), are the most common tools to detect burnout in clinicians. A wide range in burnout prevalence is reported in anesthesiology, so this study aimed...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
25,884 Views
12 Pages

5 February 2025

Burnout refers to a process of chronic response to stress in life. For students, burnout can be caused by the stress related to their study. There are many factors that contribute to burnout in different student populations. The objective of this pap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
8,077 Views
10 Pages

The Validity and Reliability of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory for Examination of Burnout among Preschool Teachers in Serbia

  • Pavle Piperac,
  • Jovana Todorovic,
  • Zorica Terzic-Supic,
  • Aleksandra Maksimovic,
  • Svetlana Karic,
  • Filip Pilipovic and
  • Ivan Soldatovic

Introduction: Burnout syndrome is being increasingly recognized as a factor that affects the health status and is being examined among different professional groups. Consequently, there is a need for a reliable and valid instrument for its examinatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
11,596 Views
18 Pages

Burnout and Cognitive Performance

  • Panagiota Koutsimani,
  • Anthony Montgomery,
  • Elvira Masoura and
  • Efharis Panagopoulou

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between burnout and cognitive functioning. The associations of depression, anxiety and family support with burnout and cognitive functioning were also examined both independently and as potent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
11,891 Views
15 Pages

Farmer Burnout in Canada

  • Andria Jones-Bitton,
  • Briana Hagen,
  • Stephen J. Fleming and
  • Sandra Hoy

While farmers in several countries worldwide are reported to be at higher risk for poor mental health outcomes like chronic stress, depression, and anxiety, there is a paucity of research on burnout in farmers. This cross-sectional study used an onli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,651 Views
18 Pages

The Development of a Proactive Burnout Prevention Inventory: How Employees Can Contribute to Reduce Burnout Risks

  • Madelon C. B. Otto,
  • Joris Van Ruysseveldt,
  • Nicole Hoefsmit and
  • Karen Van Dam

Proactive burnout prevention refers to a set of proactive behaviors employees may engage in to prevent burnout. Findings of a previous exploratory qualitative study indicated that employees who had to deal with high demands engaged in specific proact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
17,073 Views
13 Pages

Factors Associated with Burnout in Healthcare Professionals

  • Sabinne Marie Taranu,
  • Adina Carmen Ilie,
  • Ana-Maria Turcu,
  • Ramona Stefaniu,
  • Ioana Alexandra Sandu,
  • Anca Iuliana Pislaru,
  • Ioana Dana Alexa,
  • Calina Anda Sandu,
  • Tudor-Stefan Rotaru and
  • Teodora Alexa-Stratulat

Burnout in healthcare professionals remains an ongoing concern. There are a number of variables associated with reactivity to stress in healthcare staff. This study wants to identify risk factors which predispose healthcare professionals to burnout....

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,116 Views
19 Pages

Most research on burnout is based on self-reported questionnaires. Nevertheless, as far as the clinical judgement is concerned, a lack of consensus about burnout diagnosis constitutes a risk of misdiagnosis. Hence, this study aims to assess the added...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,014 Views
12 Pages

The Complexity of Burnout Experiences among Care Aides: A Person-Oriented Approach to Burnout Patterns

  • Yinfei Duan,
  • Yuting Song,
  • Trina E. Thorne,
  • Alba Iaconi,
  • Peter G. Norton and
  • Carole A. Estabrooks

Care aides working in nursing homes experience burnout attributed to various workplace stressors. Burnout dimensions (exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced professional efficacy) interact to form distinct burnout patterns. Using a person-oriented approac...

  • Review
  • Open Access
524 Citations
136,218 Views
27 Pages

Burnout: A Review of Theory and Measurement

  • Sergio Edú-Valsania,
  • Ana Laguía and
  • Juan A. Moriano

A growing body of empirical evidence shows that occupational health is now more relevant than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This review focuses on burnout, an occupational phenomenon that results from chronic stress in the workplace. After analy...

  • Entry
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,516 Views
9 Pages

Human Resources’ Burnout

  • Olga Alexandra Chinita Pirrolas and
  • Pedro Miguel Alves Ribeiro Correia

The reality of the occurrence of burnout in human resources has been increasingly recognised as a result of today’s transforming and competitive society, which exerts a very high level of stress and anxiety on workers, generating a notorious pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,945 Views
14 Pages

Predictors of Burnout and Well-Being Among Veterinarians in Slovenia

  • Ožbalt Podpečan,
  • Valentina Hlebec,
  • Metka Kuhar,
  • Valentina Kubale and
  • Breda Jakovac Strajn

20 April 2025

Burnout is a major challenge for the veterinary profession and is closely linked to negative effects on mental health, reduced job satisfaction and impaired professional sustainability. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent of burnout s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,965 Views
10 Pages

Burnout in Gastroenterology Unit Nurses

  • Andreea Iulia Socaciu,
  • Razvan Ionut,
  • Maria Barsan,
  • Andreea Petra Ungur and
  • Armand Gabriel Rajnoveanu

(1) Background: Burnout syndrome is a significant problem in nursing professionals but may be dependent on the type of care that they provide. The objectives of our study are to identify and explore risk factors associated with burnout among gastroen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
72 Citations
13,922 Views
16 Pages

Should Burnout Be Conceptualized as a Mental Disorder?

  • Lindsey Nadon,
  • Leon T. De Beer and
  • Alexandre J. S. Morin

17 March 2022

Burnout is generally acknowledged by researchers, clinicians, and the public as a pervasive occupational difficulty. Despite this widespread recognition, longstanding debates remain within the scientific community regarding its definition and the app...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,962 Views
11 Pages

Beyond the Hype: (How) Are Work Regimes Associated with Job Burnout?

  • Kristen du Bois,
  • Philippe Sterkens,
  • Louis Lippens,
  • Stijn Baert and
  • Eva Derous

Job burnout affects countless workers and constitutes a major issue in working life. Prevention strategies such as offering part-time options and shorter working weeks have been widely advocated to address this issue. However, the relationship betwee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,343 Views
15 Pages

Academic Burnout of Polish Students: A Latent Profile Analysis

  • Teresa Chirkowska-Smolak,
  • Magdalena Piorunek,
  • Tomasz Górecki,
  • Żaneta Garbacik,
  • Violetta Drabik-Podgórna and
  • Anna Kławsiuć-Zduńczyk

According to Maslach and Leiter, burnout syndrome consists of three elements: exhaustion, cynicism, and a sense of ineffectiveness experienced by individuals in the work environment. However, burnout does not only apply to professional activity but c...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
12,962 Views
30 Pages

The Relationship between Flow Experience and Burnout Symptoms: A Systematic Review

  • Fabienne Aust,
  • Theresa Beneke,
  • Corinna Peifer and
  • Magdalena Wekenborg

Background: In today’s performance-oriented society, burnout symptoms, defined as consequences of chronic work stress, are an increasing problem. To counteract this development, the important aims are (1) to find protective and modifiable facto...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,175 Views
10 Pages

Burnout Syndrome among Otorhinolaryngologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Nora Šiupšinskienė,
  • Brigita Spiridonovienė,
  • Agnė Pašvenskaitė,
  • Justinas Vaitkus and
  • Saulius Vaitkus

12 August 2022

Background and Objectives: To determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome among otorhinolaryngologists in Lithuania and investigate associations with sociodemographic and professional factors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: Burn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,699 Views
16 Pages

Most previous research has examined the relationship between FB addiction and burnout level by conducting cross-sectional studies. Little is known about the impact of changes in burnout on FB addiction in an educational context. Through a two-way lon...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,591 Views
11 Pages

Cortisol Reactivity to Acute Psychosocial Stress in Physician Burnout

  • Claudia Zuccarella-Hackl,
  • Mary Princip,
  • Sarah A. Holzgang,
  • Sinthujan Sivakumar,
  • Alexa Kuenburg,
  • Aju P. Pazhenkottil,
  • Diego Gomez Vieito and
  • Roland von Känel

Background: Physician burnout, characterized by chronic job-related stress leading to emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. This cross-sectional study investigates cortisol reactivity in male physicians with bu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
16,085 Views
31 Pages

20 May 2023

Burnout is a problem within the workplace including in higher education, the activity of activism, and in reaction to experiencing systemic discrimination in daily life. Disabled people face problems in all of these areas and therefore are in danger...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,658 Views
16 Pages

Is It Time to Address Burnout in the Military? Initial Psychometric Validation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory Among Tunisian Military Personnel (A-MBI-MP)

  • Ghada Boussayala,
  • Amayra Tannoubi,
  • John Elvis Hagan,
  • Mustapha Amoadu,
  • Medina Srem-Sai,
  • Tore Bonsaksen,
  • Hamdi Henchiri,
  • Mohamed Karim Chtioui,
  • Lotfi Bouguerra and
  • Fairouz Azaiez

19 March 2025

The military’s high-pressure environment can lead to burnout syndrome, characterized by emotional fatigue, depersonalization, and decreased personal accomplishment. Validating a culturally appropriate tool for assessing burnout among military p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,307 Views
11 Pages

Assessment of Medical Students Burnout during COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Mohammed A. Muaddi,
  • Maged El-Setouhy,
  • Abdullah A. Alharbi,
  • Anwar M. Makeen,
  • Essa A. Adawi,
  • Gassem Gohal and
  • Ahmad Y. Alqassim

This study estimated the prevalence of burnout and its determinants among medical students at Jazan University during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 444 medical students completed an online survey containing the Maslach burnout inventory. The prev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
7,831 Views
13 Pages

Burnout in International Medical Students: Characterization of Professionalism and Loneliness as Predictive Factors of Burnout

  • Ivan P. Gradiski,
  • Ana Borovecki,
  • Marko Ćurković,
  • Montserrat San-Martín,
  • Roberto C. Delgado Bolton and
  • Luis Vivanco

Background: Burnout is a common mental problem in medical students. For those who are following medical studies abroad there is a higher risk of suffering this syndrome, due to the combination of academic stress and the stress derived from their new...

  • Review
  • Open Access
334 Citations
45,778 Views
9 Pages

Doctors are exposed to high levels of stress in the course of their profession and are particularly susceptible to experiencing burnout. Burnout has far-reaching implications on doctors; patients and the healthcare system. Doctors experiencing burnou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,217 Views
13 Pages

Job Satisfaction and Burnout in Croatian Physiotherapists

  • Patricija Puhanić,
  • Suzana Erić,
  • Jasminka Talapko and
  • Ivana Škrlec

Background: Physiotherapists are important healthcare professionals in modern and multidisciplinary health forces. However, they are exposed to a high risk of occupational burnout, which is associated with reduced job satisfaction. Job satisfaction i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,395 Views
12 Pages

18 September 2023

Burnout amongst healthcare professionals has been a long-considered condition associated with the workplace environment. Student nurses studying at Sheffield Hallam University continued to engage in their training during the COVID-19 pandemic; howeve...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
17 Citations
11,528 Views
8 Pages

Burnout and Nursing Care: A Concept Paper

  • Vitor Parola,
  • Adriana Coelho,
  • Hugo Neves,
  • Rafael A. Bernardes,
  • Joana Pereira Sousa and
  • Nuno Catela

3 July 2022

Burnout comprises a series of undetermined physical and psychosocial symptoms caused by an excessive energy requirement at work—it is a crisis in relationships with work itself and not necessarily a concern with underlying clinical disorders re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,925 Views
15 Pages

Academic Burnout in University Students with Specific Learning Disorders: The Mediating Role of Anxiety in the Relationship Between Burnout and Depression

  • Michela Camia,
  • Matteo Reho,
  • Elisabetta Ferrari,
  • Claudia Daria Boni,
  • Valentina Ferretti,
  • Giacomo Guaraldi,
  • Elisabetta Genovese,
  • Giorgia Varallo,
  • Erika Benassi and
  • Maristella Scorza
  • + 3 authors

10 September 2025

Background: The number of students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs) in universities has recently increased. Thus, it is important to analyze their difficulties throughout their academic studies and propose adequate interventions to prevent emo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,341 Views
12 Pages

Burnout Among Hospital Nurses in Kazakhstan

  • Makhigul Maxudova,
  • Dinara Ospanova,
  • Areti Stavropoulou,
  • Lyazzat Alibekova,
  • Gulnar Sultanova,
  • Galina Veklenko and
  • Kundyzay Tobzhanova

Background: Burnout is an important psychological condition that affects the work performance of nurses. It occurs under long-term psychological or emotional stress associated with the work of a nurse. As a result, symptoms such as emotional exhausti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,781 Views
16 Pages

Presenteeism and Burnout in Nurses: A Review of the Literature

  • Ana Catarina Vaz,
  • Maria Vermelho,
  • Miriam Silva,
  • Pedro Costa,
  • Sónia Margarida Dinis,
  • Sandy Severino,
  • João Tomás,
  • Isabel Rabiais and
  • Luís Sousa

Presenteeism, characterized by going to work sick, has become increasingly prevalent in nursing, a profession with high social and interpersonal demands. It is associated with a deterioration of the health of nurses, a reduction in the excellence of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,795 Views
13 Pages

Social Support and Resilience Are Protective Factors against COVID-19 Pandemic Burnout and Job Burnout among Nurses in the Post-COVID-19 Era

  • Ioannis Moisoglou,
  • Aglaia Katsiroumpa,
  • Maria Malliarou,
  • Ioanna V. Papathanasiou,
  • Parisis Gallos and
  • Petros Galanis

Nurses have experienced several psychological and work-related issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, including pandemic burnout and job burnout. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of social support and resilience on COVID-19 pandemic burn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
468 Citations
52,693 Views
21 Pages

Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability

  • Wilmar B. Schaufeli,
  • Steffie Desart and
  • Hans De Witte

This paper introduces a new definition for burnout and investigates the psychometric properties of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT). In a prior qualitative study, 49 practitioners were interviewed about their conceptualization of burnout (part 1). U...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,943 Views
15 Pages

Athletic Burnout and Its Association with Diet in Children and Adolescents

  • María Morales-Suárez-Varela,
  • Isabel Peraita-Costa,
  • Agustín Llopis-Morales and
  • Agustín Llopis-González

13 June 2023

Children today are constantly exposed to several risk factors and high levels of stress that can impact their mental, emotional, and physical health, which can trigger burnout. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,722 Views
15 Pages

Exploring Proactive Behaviors of Employees in the Prevention of Burnout

  • Madelon C.B. Otto,
  • Nicole Hoefsmit,
  • Joris van Ruysseveldt and
  • Karen van Dam

Extensive evidence indicates that burnout can have detrimental consequences for individuals as well as organizations; therefore, there is a great need for burnout prevention. While burnout prevention interventions initiated by the employer have previ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,788 Views
14 Pages

Latent Occupational Burnout Profiles of Working Women

  • Maciej Załuski and
  • Marta Makara-Studzińska

According to scientific research, emergency call-takers and dispatchers (ECD) are particularly vulnerable to burnout syndrome. It can be observed that this occupation is predominantly performed by women. Moreover, the studies on occupational burnout...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,601 Views
12 Pages

21 November 2024

Although many studies have examined the relationship between the five dimensions of personality and nurse burnout, few studies have examined the relationship between nurse burnout and the overall personality profile. In addition, nurses’ demogr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,981 Views
12 Pages

New Burnout Evaluation Model Based on the Brief Burnout Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties for Nursing

  • María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes,
  • María del Mar Molero Jurado,
  • África Martos Martínez and
  • José Jesús Gázquez Linares

Health care personnel are considered one of the worker sectors most exposed to heavier workloads and work stress. One of the consequences associated with the exposure to chronic stress is the development of burnout syndrome. Given that evaluating thi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,301 Views
16 Pages

A Narrative Review of Burnout Syndrome in Medical Personnel

  • Andreea-Petra Ungur,
  • Maria Bârsan,
  • Andreea-Iulia Socaciu,
  • Armand Gabriel Râjnoveanu,
  • Răzvan Ionuț,
  • Letiția Goia and
  • Lucia Maria Procopciuc

6 September 2024

Burnout among healthcare workers has been extensively studied since its initial recognition in 1960, with its defining characteristics established by Maslach in 1982. The syndrome, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low per...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
9,014 Views
25 Pages

Burnout among Professionals Working in Corrections: A Two Stage Review

  • Justice Forman-Dolan,
  • Claire Caggiano,
  • Isabelle Anillo and
  • Tom Dean Kennedy

Burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion often caused by excessive and prolonged stress. Given the emotionally and often physically demanding nature of the work of correctional professionals, they are at substantial risk of su...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
9,874 Views
22 Pages

Temporal Stages of Burnout: How to Design Prevention?

  • Céline Leclercq and
  • Isabelle Hansez

Burnout, a major concern defined most commonly in the literature with a symptoms-based classification, can also be described as a temporal process with various stages experienced by workers, each composed of unique characteristics and challenges. Thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,219 Views
11 Pages

Entrepreneurs’ Capacity for Mentalizing: Its Influence on Burnout Syndrome

  • Guadalupe Manzano-García,
  • Juan Carlos Ayala-Calvo and
  • Pascale Desrumaux

Burnout is a mental disorder that leads to difficulties for the entrepreneur in controlling his or her personal and professional life. The most common consequences of entrepreneurial burnout include the subject experiencing low motivation, low organi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
6,558 Views
8 Pages

Burnout Syndrome in Occupational Therapists in Spain: Prevalence and Risk Factors

  • Ana Cristina Escudero-Escudero,
  • Antonio Segura-Fragoso and
  • Pablo A. Cantero-Garlito

The objective of this study was to assess the potential levels of burnout syndrome in occupational therapists in Spain, as well as the risk factors involved in its prevalence. The data were obtained through an online survey. The tool utilised for thi...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,487 Views
14 Pages

2 March 2023

In children and young people, complex and prolonged dental treatment can sometimes be met with resistance despite previously successful treatment appointments. While this has traditionally been referred to as a ‘loss of cooperation’ or &l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,243 Views
13 Pages

13 December 2024

Burnout is a psychological consequence of prolonged work-related stress. Previous studies have concluded that guilt feelings could explain the development of the burnout process and its relationship with other health disorders. The aim of this study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,353 Views
18 Pages

Why Employees Experience Burnout: An Explanation of Illegitimate Tasks

  • Chenhui Ouyang,
  • Yongyue Zhu,
  • Zhiqiang Ma and
  • Xinyi Qian

Among the many workplace stressors, a new type of stressor has been identified: illegitimate tasks. This newly identified type of stressor refers to work tasks that do not meet employee role expectations and constitute a violation of professional ide...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,294 Views
12 Pages

Caregiver Quality of Life: Satisfaction and Burnout

  • Carolina Blom,
  • Ana Reis and
  • Leonor Lencastre

Informal caregivers (ICs) of cancer patients play a crucial role in health care. Several of the challenges they face can affect their quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional study explored role of burnout and caregiving satisfaction in their rela...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5,522 Views
11 Pages

Physician Burnout: Systemic Challenges and Individual Resilience

  • Salim Al-Busaidi,
  • Nasiba Al-Maqrashi,
  • Usama Al Amri,
  • Nuha Al Habsi,
  • Sara Al Rasbi,
  • Masoud Kashoub,
  • Mohamed Al Rawahi,
  • Hoor Al Kaabi and
  • Abdullah M. Al Alawi

Physician burnout is a multifaceted syndrome characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and a diminished sense of personal accomplishment. It affects physicians at various stages of their medical training more prevalently than their pee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,263 Views
10 Pages

Burnout Syndrome during Residency Training in Jordan: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Implications

  • Abdullah Nimer,
  • Suzan Naser,
  • Nesrin Sultan,
  • Rawand Said Alasad,
  • Alexander Rabadi,
  • Mohammed Abu-Jubba,
  • Mohammed Q. Al-Sabbagh,
  • Khaldoon M. Jaradat,
  • Zaid AlKayed and
  • Mohammad Abufaraj
  • + 2 authors

Burnout syndrome is common among healthcare professions, including resident physicians. We aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout among resident physicians in Jordan, and a secondary aim was to evaluate the risk factors associated with the develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
77 Citations
12,976 Views
14 Pages

Burnout and Engagement: Personality Profiles in Nursing Professionals

  • María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes,
  • María del Mar Molero Jurado,
  • África Martos Martínez and
  • José Jesús Gázquez Linares

27 February 2019

The burnout syndrome, which affects many healthcare workers, has recently attracted wide interest due to the severe repercussions related to its effects. Although job factors determine its development, not all individuals exposed to the same work con...

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