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3.15.7 - Staff Burnout in Intensive Care

from Section 3.15 - Psychiatric Disorders Encountered in Intensive Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Up to 45 per cent of critical care physicians report severe burnout.

  2. 2. Up to 33 per cent of critical care nurses report severe burnout. The majority report at least one isolated symptom of burnout.

  3. 3. Both personal and environmental factors are implicated as causal factors for burnout.

  4. 4. Both individual- and organisational-level interventions are helpful, although organisational-level interventions have longer-lasting effects.

  5. 5. It is our responsibility to look after our own health and to support colleagues in doing so.

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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
, pp. 455 - 456
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References and Further Reading

Bagnall, AM, Jones, R, Akter, H, Woodall, J. 2016. Interventions to prevent burnout in high risk individuals: evidence review. www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/506777/25022016_Burnout_Rapid_Review_2015709.pdfGoogle Scholar
Ford, S. 2016. Critical care nurses at higher risk of burnout. The Nursing Times. www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/critical-care-nurses-at-higher-risk-of-burnout/7006269.articleGoogle Scholar
General Medical Council. 2013. Good Medical Practice: risks posed by your health. www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice/your_health.aspGoogle Scholar
Myhren, H, Ekeberg, O, Stokland, O. Job satisfaction and burnout among intensive care unit nurses and physicians. Crit Care Res Pract 2013;2013:786176.Google ScholarPubMed
Poncet, MC, Toullic, P, Papazian, L, et al. Burnout syndrome in critical care nursing staff. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;175:698704.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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