Burnout is a major issue among healthcare professionals even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Healthcare professionals know this is a problem but what interventions are being studied to help. I give a snapshot of some studies out there right now that are showing promising results for preventing and healing burnout.
Resources:
Burnout Self-Assessment
Joy Energy Time
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References:
- Aryankhesal, A., Mohammadibakhsh, R., Hamidi, Y., Alidoost, S., Behzadifar, M., Sohrabi, R., & Farhadi, Z. (2019). Interventions on reducing burnout in physicians and nurses: A systematic review. Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 33, 77.
- Durham, M. E., Bush, P. W., & Ball, A. M. (2018). Evidence of burnout in health-system pharmacists. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 75(23_Supplement_4), S93-S100.
- Dyrbye, L. N., Shanafelt, T. D., Gill, P. R., Satele, D. V., & West, C. P. (2019). Effect of a professional coaching intervention on the well-being and distress of physicians: a pilot randomized clinical trial. JAMA internal medicine, 179(10), 1406-1414.
- Jalili, M., Niroomand, M., Hadavand, F., Zeinali, K., & Fotouhi, A. (2021). Burnout among healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-8.
- Janssen, M., Heerkens, Y., Kuijer, W., Van Der Heijden, B., & Engels, J. (2018). Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on employees’ mental health: A systematic review. PloS one, 13(1), e0191332.
- Ommaya, A. K., Cipriano, P. F., Hoyt, D. B., Horvath, K. A., Tang, P., Paz, H. L., ... & Sinsky, C. A. (2018). Care-centered clinical documentation in the digital environment: solutions to alleviate burnout. NAM Perspectives.
- Smith, C. D., Balatbat, C., Corbridge, S., Dopp, A. L., Fried, J., Harter, R., ... & Sinsky, C. (2018). Implementing optimal team-based care to reduce clinician burnout. NAM Perspectives.
- Squiers, J. J., Lobdell, K. W., Fann, J. I., & DiMaio, J. M. (2017). Physician burnout: are we treating the symptoms instead of the disease?. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 104(4), 1117-1122.
- Sterckx, A., Van den Broeck, K., Remmen, R., Dekeirel, K., Hermans, H., Hesters, C., ... & Keune, H. (2021). Operationalization of One Health Burnout prevention and recovery: Participatory Action Research-design of nature-based health promotion interventions for employees. Frontiers in Public Health, 9.
