Relationship Between Job Burnout and Neuroendocrine Indicators in Soldiers in the Xinjiang Arid Desert: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ning Tao, Jianjiang Zhang, Zhixin Song, Jinhua Tang and Jiwen Liu
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Ning Tao: Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
Jianjiang Zhang: Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Xinjiang Command, Urumqi 830001, China
Zhixin Song: Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
Jinhua Tang: Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
Jiwen Liu: Department of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-8

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between job burnout and neuroendocrine indicators in soldiers living in a harsh environment. Three hundred soldiers stationed in the arid desert and 600 in an urban area were recruited. They filled in the Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory questionnaire. One hundred soldiers were randomly selected from each group to measure their levels of noradrenaline, serotonin, heat shock protein (HSP)-70, adrenocorticotropic hormone, and serum cortisol. Job burnout was more common in soldiers from urban areas than those from rural areas. Job burnout was significantly higher among soldiers stationed in the arid desert than those in urban areas. For soldiers in the arid desert, the levels of HSP-70, serum cortisol, and adrenocorticotropic hormone were significantly higher than in soldiers in urban areas. Correlation analyses showed that the degree of job burnout was weakly negatively correlated with the level of HSP-70. Being an only child, HSP-70 levels, cortisol levels, and ACTH levels were independently associated with job burnout in soldiers stationed in the arid desert. A higher level of job burnout in soldiers stationed in arid desert and a corresponding change in neuroendocrine indicators indicated a correlation between occupational stress and neurotransmitters.

Keywords: job burnout; harsh environment; soldiers; neuroendocrine indicator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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