Multiple Physical Symptoms Are Useful to Identify High Risk Individuals for Burnout: A Study on Faculties and Hospital Workers in Japan

Yuki Chatani, Kyoko Nomura, Haruko Hiraike, Akiko Tsuchiya and Hiroko Okinaga
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Yuki Chatani: Department of Anesthesiology, National Hospital Organization Saitama Hospital, Saitama 351-0102, Japan
Kyoko Nomura: Department of Public Health, Akita University Graduate School of Medicine, Akita 010-8543, Japan
Haruko Hiraike: Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Teikyo University Itabashi Hospital, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan
Akiko Tsuchiya: Division of Nursing, Teikyo University Itabashi Hospital, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan
Hiroko Okinaga: Support Center for Women Physicians and Researchers, Teikyo University, Tokyo 173-0003, Japan

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 6, 1-13

Abstract: Healthcare workers have a high risk of burnout. This study aimed to investigate if the numbers of physical symptoms are associated with burnout among healthcare workers. We conducted a cross-sectional survey at a large university in Tokyo, Japan, in 2016. Participants were 1080: 525 faculties and 555 hospital workers. We investigated 16 physical symptoms perceived more than once per week and examined the association between the number of physical symptoms and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI); work-related (WBO), personal (PBO), and client-related (CBO) burnout. All CBI scores were higher among hospital workers than among faculties: WBO (43 vs. 29), PBO (50 vs. 33), CBO (33 vs. 29). Moreover, the higher the number of physical symptoms perceived, the higher the degree of burnout scores became (trend p -values < 0.001), except for CBO among faculties. Job strain (all except for CBO among hospital workers) and work–family conflict were associated with an increased risk of burnout. Being married (WBO and CBO among faculties), having a child (except for PBO and CBO among faculties), and job support (faculty and hospital workers with WBO and faculties with PBO) were associated with a decreased risk of burnout. Multiple physical symptoms might be useful for identifying high risk individuals for burnout.

Keywords: physical symptoms; burnout; Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; hospital workers; faculties; work–family conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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