Alexithymia, traumatic stress symptoms and burnout in female healthcare professionals
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F20%3A10411784" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/20:10411784 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216224:14740/20:00118375
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060519887633" target="_blank" >10.1177/0300060519887633</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Alexithymia, traumatic stress symptoms and burnout in female healthcare professionals
Original language description
Objective: The burnout syndrome represents a defence mechanism against stress and includes stages with decreased ability to experience feelings and emotional states. This finding suggests that burnout might be closely linked to emotional 'blindness' as a defence mechanism against negative and overwhelming emotions known as alexithymia. The aim of this study is to examine the relationships between burnout syndrome, alexithymia, depression and traumatic stress symptoms in healthcare professionals. Methods: This empirical study assessed female healthcare professionals who work with a population of patients with diabetes, utilizing the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSSMP), Burnout Measure (BM), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and Traumatic Stress Checklist (TSC-40). Data were analysed using Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results: A total of 114 female participants were included (age range, 31-60 years; mean age, 46.62 +- 8.71 years). Statistically significant associations were found between burnout syndrome (BM scores) and alexithymia (TAS-20) (r = 0.41), and between BM scores and traumatic stress (TSC-40; r = 0.63). The MBI-HSSMP emotional exhaustion subscale also correlated with alexithymia (TAS-20) (r = 0.37). Conclusion: Findings of this study suggest that alexithymia and traumatic stress are related to burnout symptoms. This dynamic may be potentially useful for detecting and preventing burnout syndrome.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30215 - Psychiatry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of International Medical Research
ISSN
0300-0605
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
48
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
0300060519887633
UT code for WoS article
000535943800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85084031402