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  1. The Impact of COVID-19 on Physician Burnout Globally: A Review

    Shabbir Amanullah, Rashmi Ramesh Shankar · 2020 · Healthcare · 201 citations

    Background: The current pandemic, COVID-19, has added to the already high levels of stress that medical professionals face globally. While most health professionals have had to shoulder the burden, physicians are not often recognized as being vulnerable and hence little attention is paid to morbidity and mortality within this group. Objective: To analyse and summarise the current knowledge on factors/potential factors contributing to burnout amongst healthcare professionals amidst the pandemic. This review also makes a few recommendations on how best to prepare intervention programmes for physicians. Methods: In August 2020, a systematic review was performed using the database Medline and Em

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  5. Burnout Among Healthcare Workers: Insights for Holistic Well-Being

    Carina Fernandes, Carla Barros, Pilar Baylina · 2025 · Healthcare · 15 citations

    Background/Objectives: In the healthcare sector, burnout has become a critical concern due to high job demands and emotional strain. The main objective of the study is to examine the predictive role of psychosocial work-related risks in the development of burnout. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, using a snowball recruitment method, from May to September 2025, among 154 healthcare workers. Data were collected using the psychosocial risk factors scale (INSAT_ERPS) and the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT) and analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze the predictive role of the psychosocial risk on burnout dimensions. Results: Psychosocial risk factors are cons

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  7. The Mental Wellbeing of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Workers in England: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study Reporting Levels of Burnout, Wellbeing and Job Satisfaction

    Silvana Mareva, Beth Chapman, Rebecca Hardwick, et al. · 2024 · Healthcare · 8 citations

    In the UK, there has been a notable increase in referrals to specialist children’s mental health services. This, coupled with shortages of qualified staff, has raised concerns about the escalating occupational stress experienced by staff in this sector. In this brief report, we present cross-sectional quantitative data from 97 staff members working in one Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in the UK during spring 2023, reporting on their wellbeing, job satisfaction, and burnout. Our findings reveal that over a third of CAMHS staff experienced moderate or high levels of work-related burnout; 39% reported moderate or high levels of personal burnout, but levels of client-related

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  9. How COVID-19 changed frontline healthcare workers’ experiences: A narrative inquiry into the impact of chronic burnout on a surgical physician assistant’s wellness

    Lihua Dishman, Rhionna J. Smith · 2023 · Patient Experience Journal · 1 citations

    Burnout is an occupational phenomenon resulting from unmanaged chronic workplace stress. Since COVID-19 started, burnout among healthcare workers has worsened and become a public health crisis. Wellness is about leading a physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy lifestyle to achieve one’s full potential through positive affirmations. Its multiple dimensions include (1) physical, (2) emotional, (3) intellectual, (4) occupational, (5) social, and (6) spiritual. Extant empirical literature lacked regarding surgical physician assistants and how chronic burnout affected their wellness. This longitudinal narrative inquiry thus aimed to explore the perceived impact of a surgical physician assi

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  10. As Consequências Do Burnout Nos Trabalhadores Da Área De Saúde Durante E Pós-Pandemia: The Consequences Of Burnout In Healthcare Workers During And After The Pandemic

    Letícia Mariane Silva, Maria Cristina Durante · 2026 · RCMOS - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar O Saber

    Burnout is a syndrome characterized by a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion resulting from chronic stress, especially in the workplace. It has three main pillars: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low professional accomplishment. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this condition intensified, particularly among healthcare professionals working on the front lines. These workers faced work overload, prolonged hours, resource scarcity, a high risk of infection, and intense emotional pressure. The fear of exposure to the virus, social distancing, and uncertainty in the face of a critical scenario significantly contributed to the worsening of psychological suffering. As a co

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  11. Patient Burnout and Healthcare Delivery

    Anubhav Kaul · 2024 · Physician Leadership Journal

    Burnout is a psychological syndrome triggered by relentless stress caused by any aspect of one’s social, behavioral, and physical health. Patients with chronic healthcare needs are susceptible to prolonged stress, which can lead to burnout and negative health outcomes. Risk factors of patient burnout include ineffective interventions, overuse of low-value care, and mitigation of patient autonomy.

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  12. Well-being and Generative Concern as Predictors of Physician Burnout: Bienestar y preocupación generativa como predictores del agotamiento médico

    M. Cristina Lamas, Marcela A. Ortega, Pablo G. Sanz · 2026 · Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica

    Introduction: This study analyzed the relationship between well-being, generative concern, and physician burnout, investigating whether the former two can predict the latter. Method: An observational, correlational, cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 physicians. Sociodemographic data and scales for well-being, generative concern, and burnout were employed. Results: 19% of participants experienced burnout; 74% were at risk of contracting it. Significant positive correlations were found between well-being and personal accomplishment (MBI), well-being and generative concern, significant negative correlations between burnout and well-being, and between burnout and generative concern. Reg

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