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Burnout and Mental Health among Health Professionals
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Burnout and Mental Health among Health Professionals

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Medics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2025) | Viewed by 5258

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Alejandro Orgambídez

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Social Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
Interests: structural empowerment; psychological empowerment; work engagement; burnout
Dr. Yolanda Borrego-Alés

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Department of Social and Educational Psychology, University of Huelva, 21001 Huelva, Spain
Interests: communication skills; social intervention; positive occupational psychology; engagement; social psychology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Burnout syndrome refers to a state of physical and emotional exhaustion that can be caused by stressful and prolonged work factors. Health professionals (e.g., physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, etc.) frequently experience high levels of stress in their daily work, which, together with the characteristics of work in the healthcare context (e.g., continuous relationships with patients and family members, strong emotional demands, dealing with illness and death, etc.), lead to situations of high burnout.

Burnout has a significant impact on the mental health of health professionals, generating anxiety, depression, irritability, social isolation, insomnia, and other psychosomatic and psychopathological disorders. The consequences of burnout are not only limited to the physical and mental health of workers, but also negatively affect job performance by generating higher levels of stress. In the healthcare setting, professionals with high burnout have a higher risk of making medical errors and/or incorrect diagnoses, which can compromise the safety of patients and users. These errors cause higher levels of stress at work, generating processes of deterioration in the quality of work life and mental health of these professionals.

The Special issue aims to show the relationship between burnout and mental health in health professionals (i.e. general physicians, nurses, social workers, etc.). We invite authors to submit articles (original studies and reviews) as well as interventions focused on burnout prevention and reduction. We would like to discuss individual, psychosocial, and organizational elements present in this syndrome and its effects on the mental health of these professionals, highlighting the possible interventions (primary, secondary, and tertiary) for its treatment.

Dr. Alejandro Orgambídez
Dr. Yolanda Borrego-Alés
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • burnout
  • mental health
  • healthcare
  • health professionals
  • stress

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The Role of Personality in Explaining Burnout, Work Addiction, and Stress-Related Growth in Prehospital Emergency Personnel
by Mihai Alexandru Butoi, Gabriela Vancu, Radiana-Carmen Marcu, Andrei Hermenean, Monica Puticiu and Luciana Teodora Rotaru
Healthcare 2025, 13(2), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13020193 - 19 Jan 2025
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Background/Objectives: This is a cross-sectional study designed to explore the contribution of personality factors (the Alternative Five Factor Model) and lower order characteristics (responsive distress and self-discipline) to burnout, work addiction, and stress-related growth among Romanian prehospital emergency healthcare workers. Methods: A total [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: This is a cross-sectional study designed to explore the contribution of personality factors (the Alternative Five Factor Model) and lower order characteristics (responsive distress and self-discipline) to burnout, work addiction, and stress-related growth among Romanian prehospital emergency healthcare workers. Methods: A total of 266 prehospital professionals (41 physicians, 74 nurses, and 151 paramedics) participated in the study out of the 728 invited (36.5% response rate). The age of participants ranged between 20 and 57 years and 67.3% were men. The participants completed the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory, the Dutch Work Addiction Scale (the short version), the Stress-Related Growth Scale, the Zuckerman–Kuhlman Personality Inventory, the Responsive Distress Scale, and the Self-Discipline Scale. Results: The results show that burnout was predicted by age, gender, impulsive sensation seeking, responsive distress, and self-discipline; work addiction was predicted by aggression–hostility, sociability, and responsive distress, while stress-related growth was predicted by age, activity, and self-discipline. Additionally, we found that emergency healthcare workers displayed lower impulsive sensation seeking, neuroticism–anxiety, and aggression–hostility, but displayed higher levels of activity and sociability in comparison with the general Romanian population, although these differences must be interpreted with caution as the general Romanian population tend to be significantly younger. Conclusions: This study provides new insights into the role of personality traits as risk factors for burnout and work addiction, and as protective factors for stress-related growth in prehospital emergency personnel. It is also among the few studies in this field to employ the Alternative Five Factor Model of personality. Full article
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The Impact of Resilience on Post-Traumatic Growth among Nurses in COVID-19-Designated Hospitals: The Mediating Effect of Meaning in Life
by Suk-Jung Han, Young-Ran Yeun and Hyunseung Roh
Healthcare 2023, 11(21), 2895; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212895 - 3 Nov 2023
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This study aimed to confirm the relationship between resilience, meaning in life, and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the mediating effect of meaning in life on the relationship between resilience and PTG was examined. A cross-sectional descriptive [...] Read more.
This study aimed to confirm the relationship between resilience, meaning in life, and post-traumatic growth (PTG) among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the mediating effect of meaning in life on the relationship between resilience and PTG was examined. A cross-sectional descriptive research design was used. The participants were 220 nurses at COVID-19-designated hospitals in Seoul. Descriptive statistics, a t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis, hierarchical regression, and SPSS PROCESS macro (Model 4) were used for data analyses. As a result of the study, resilience and meaning in life each had a significant positive effect on PTG. In addition, the indirect effect of meaning in life was significant, suggesting that meaning in life partially mediated the relationship between resilience and PTG. The results indicate that nurses’ resilience directly contributes to the improvement of PTG, and this relationship is further strengthened indirectly through the presence of meaning in life. Therefore, it is suggested that strategies should be developed to enhance resilience and promote a sense of meaning in the profession in order to support the mental health and foster growth among nurses. Full article
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An Exploratory Study of Psychological Distress, Professional Quality of Life, Effort-Reward Imbalance, and Turnover Intention of Hospital Nurses during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Suk-Jung Han, Soon-Youl Lee and Sie-Eun Kim
Healthcare 2023, 11(19), 2695; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11192695 - 9 Oct 2023
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This exploratory study aimed to identify factors that may influence nurses’ turnover intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected during January 2023 from 250 nurses and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Among [...] Read more.
This exploratory study aimed to identify factors that may influence nurses’ turnover intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data were collected during January 2023 from 250 nurses and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression analysis. Among the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, nursing care and working with personal protective equipment significantly impacted the turnover intention. Among the independent variables, compassion satisfaction, burnout, effort–reward ratio, and psychological distress were significant, with an explanatory power of 43.3%. Among the subjects, 86.4% (216 people) showed a moderate or high burnout level because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and burnout seemed to have a significant impact on turnover intention. Therefore, to lower the turnover intention of nurses, burnout should be prevented, and managers should create an environment where nurses can receive a balanced reward for their efforts. Full article
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