Burnout syndrome among medical professionals: literature review

Abstract

Relevance: Burnout syndrome in medical staff is a sensitive topic of health care, as this condition can directly affect treatment and care, that is, the patient’s satisfaction with the medical service and the psychological state of the medical staff as a whole. Burnout syndrome includes several risk factors that can directly affect the spread of this syndrome. Thus, the psychological state of medical personnel and the prevention of burnout syndrome is an important healthcare aspect.
The purpose of the study was to review the literature on the spread, risk factors, and prevention of burnout syndrome in medical staff.
Methods: The research for papers was made using the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Medscape, CINAHL, and Google Scholar search engines, e-Library.ru and CyberLeninka electronic libraries. Inclusion criteria: search depth of 10 years (2012-2022), original articles, literature reviews, meta-analyses and systematic reviews, open-access full-text articles in English and Russian. Exclusion criteria: low-quality articles not meeting the search criteria or containing unclear information and conclusions, reports, abstracts, and newspaper articles. In total, the review included 47 articles.
Results: The literature review showed that burnout syndrome among medical staff is spreading every year and requires high-quality prevention methods.
Conclusion: The literature review showed that emotional burnout syndrome among medical workers is a global problem and has become one of the most noticeable issues in healthcare. From the point of risk factors, professional factors rank first, followed by social, physiological, and other factors. The reviewed foreign and domestic publications insufficiently study the burnout syndrome prevention measures and their efficacy.