| Study |
Population |
Type of study |
Assessment tools |
Outcomes |
| Gunasingam, Burns, Edwards, Dinh, & Walton (2015) |
31 resident doctors |
A randomized controlled prospective study |
Maslach Burnout Inventory |
21/31 (68%) participants displayed evidence of burnout. |
| Gómez-Gascón et al. (2013) |
14 health care centers |
A clinical trial |
- Maslach Burnout Inventory- Cuestionario de Desgaste Profesional de Enfermería- Goldberg’s General Health Questionnaire |
Organizational measures are important for preventing burnout syndrome, providing professionals with coping strategies, as this group intervention intends to do. |
| Moody et al. (2013) |
48 nurses |
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- |
Qualitative analysis of diaries kept by subjects revealed reduced stress, improved inner peace, compassion and joy, better focus and self-awareness and less somatic symptoms in the intervention arm. |
| Tsai et al. (2013) |
Banking and insurance workers |
A three-month exercise course |
- |
An effective approach to worksite exercise intervention and exercise intensity played an important role to alleviate damage between burnouts and metabolic syndrome component. |
| Zielhorst et al. (2015) |
101 participants |
A pilot study |
Digital games |
The therapeutic digital game may be a useful tool when embedded in a therapeutic burnout treatment program and is probably more efficient than cognitive-behavioral therapy, as it is used in current practice. |
| Ewers, Bradshaw, McGovern, & Ewers (2002) |
33 nurses working in a medium secure psychiatric unit |
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Baseline assessments of knowledge, attitude and burnout questionnaires |
Significant improvements in their knowledge and attitudes about serious mental illness and a significant decrease in burnout rates, whilst staff in the control group showed a small but non-significant improvement in knowledge and attitudes and an increase in burnout. |
| Bernaldo-De-Quirós, Piccini, Gómez, & Cerdeira (2015) |
441 health care workers (135 physicians, 127 nurses and 179 emergency care assistants) |
A retrospective cross-sectional study |
Maslach Burnout Inventory |
The health care professionals who had been exposed to physical and verbal violence presented a significantly higher percentage of anxiety, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and burnout syndrome compared to those who had not been subjected to any aggression. |
| Edward, Ousey, Warelow, & Lui (2014) |
137 papers |
A systematic review |
- |
Nurses exposed to verbal or physical abuse often experienced a negative psychological impact post incident. |
| Erdur et al. (2015) |
174 physicians aged 24 to 59 years |
A cross-sectional study |
Maslach Burnout Inventory |
The study showed a significant association between emotional exhaustion and total violence (p=0.012) and verbal violence (p=0.016); depersonalization and total violence (p=0.021) and verbal violence (p=0.012). |
| Irinyi, Németh, & Lampek (2017) |
1201 health care providers |
A quantitative cross-sectional online survey |
- |
Verbal and physical aggression was experienced more frequently by nurses who were males, above the age of 50, working in in-patient care or in 12 hours shifts or constant night shifts. |
