PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF EMOTIONAL BURNOUT SYNDROME IN MEDICAL STUDENTS

The article is devoted to the study of emotional burnout syndrome in students of medical higher educational institutions at different stages of training. The study was based on the assumption that medical students at different stages of professional training have differences in the emotional and personal sphere, in the level of sociopsychological adaptation and in the level of empathy. The aim of the study was to study the psychological aspects of burnout syndrome in medical university students at different stages of vocational training. To achieve this goal, methods were used to study emotional and personal characteristics and socio-psychological adaptation. The study revealed differences in the emotional and personal sphere and in the level of sociopsychological adaptation. Also, there are targets of influence for psychocorrective and psychoeducational work with students, namely non-adaptive adaptation strategies, ways to overcome stress and a negative assessment of prospects. And for the prevention of burnout syndrome, it is advisable to use the Stress Management program, which is aimed at teaching and training ways to effectively get out of difficult stressful situations and preserve the resource state, goal-setting skills and proactive thinking, as well as the study of various relaxation techniques.

On revealing risk groups regarding emotional burn-out syndrome among medical workers during the covid-19 pandemic

Medical workers have become a most affected population group during the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). They were the first to start fighting against an unknown infection and at that stage their psychoemotional state determined not only correct evaluations of a situation but also relevant planning regarding control over it. Our research aim was to reveal risk groups among medical workers regarding developing emotional burnout syndrome and peculiarities of reacting to stress in an emergency epidemic situation. We applied our own author’s anonymous online poll available at Google platform to examine psychoemotional state of medical workers. The poll had a built-in “Scale of perceived stress-10” that included two sub-scales; one of them measured a subjectively perceived level of the situation strain and the other, the amounts of efforts made by medical workers to overcome it. The poll was performed in November–December 2020; overall, 638 medical workers took part in it. They were of different age and sex and had different positions and working experience. We established great variability in individual levels of overstrain as per the stress perception sub-scale (Ех < 0; Ех = –0.59) with more “low” than “high” values as per this sub-scale (Аs > 0; Аs = 5.66). Having analyzed variability of values as per the stress overcoming sub-scale, we revealed that they were homogenous (Ех > 0; Ех = 3.98) with prevailing “high” values (Аs < 0; Аs = –6.97). Medical workers with their working experience being shorter than 5 years turned out to be a risk group with the most destructive reactions to long-term affecting stress factors at work and at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from them, high mental risks were also detected for workers who treated patients with COVID-19 as well as those who had previously had the coronavirus infection. The research allowed obtaining actual data on psychoemotional state of medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and determining potential risk groups regarding developing emotional burnout syndrome. We substantiated the necessity to constantly provide psychological trainings for medical workers with their focus on peculiarities of their reacting during the first meeting with destabilizing factors and with further adjustment of educational programs provided for potential risk groups.

Emotional burning out of employees as a braking factor of enterprise development in the conditions of expansion of international economic relations

The article analyzes the impact of emotional burnout on the development of modern enterprises in the context of expanding international economic relations. Information on the main causes of emotional burnout in staff is given, namely: excessive workload, work involving prolonged interaction with people, imbalance between personal and professional life, lack of proper recreation, inability of employees to organize their time (the lack of time-management skills), inflated requirements for themselves, lack of appropriate remuneration from the employer organization and employee motivation. The categories of professions whose representatives are most prone to emotional burnout are identified. Data on the most common signs of emotional burnout of staff are presented. The consequences of ignoring the psycho-emotional state of employees of the enterprise on the results of work are also generalized. Information on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the emotional state of the personnel of enterprises in various industries is presented (special attention is paid to the impact of the emotional burnout syndrome on medical and educational workers). The problem of quantitative measurement of the emotional burnout syndrome is raised, information on the emotional burnout syndrome is presented, which is the result of a survey of 1,029 US residents in 2017. Information on phenomena similar to the emotional burnout syndrome (depression and stress) is given. There are two approaches to the selection of stages of emotional burnout - the approach of J. Greenberg, who identifies five stages of emotional burnout, and V. Boyko, who identifies three stages. In addition, methods of elimination of emotional burnout and prevention measures are summarized, recommendations for employees of the enterprise and for management on combating this phenomenon are given.

EMOTIONAL BURNOUT AMONG THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROFESSIONAL GROUP TEACHERS

The article discusses the concept and features of the formation of emotional burnout syndrome; empirical data of emotional burnout among representatives of the professional group «teachers» are given, conclusions are drawn based on the results of the study; general recommendations for the prevention of emotional burnout for representatives of the professional group «teachers» are given.

Emotional burn-out and the doctor’s conscience

Doctor is one of the most “helping” professions associated with high emotional load and responsibility which frequent‑ ly lead to psychological and physical exhaustion. This condition was named emotional burnout syndrome. This article poses the questions on causes and consequences of this condition, risk of professional crisis and necessity of counte‑ raction.

Dependence of emotional burnout on personality typology in the COVID-19 pandemic

BACKGROUND: Under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the problem of emotional burnout syndrome among nurses working under extremely stressful conditions has become particularly acute. It is therefore necessary to examine the characteristics of emotional burnout syndrome in nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic to develop effective measures to prevent and enhance their mental health. OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to establish the features of emotional burnout syndrome and its connection with typological characteristics of the personality in nurses working with COVID-19 patients. METHODS: A total of 120 female nurses who worked with COVID-19 patients were surveyed, of whom 60 (50.0%) worked in outpatient settings along with general practitioners and 60 (50.0%) worked in the intensive care unit. The average age of the participants was 40.86±3.20 years, and the average length of medical service was 13.64±1.73 years. RESULTS: A burnout syndrome of varying severity was present in 50.0%of outpatient nurses and 73.3%of intensive care nurses (OR = 2.44, 95%CI [1.16–5.16]; p < 0.05). The tension phase predominated in outpatient nurses (53.3%), and the resistance phase was more typical for intensive care nurses (63.3%). CONCLUSIONS: The practice of nurses under COVID-19 pandemic conditions is characterized by the high prevalence of emotional burnout syndrome.

Specifics of the emotional burnout syndrome in the representatives of "helping" professions

Relevance. Emotional burnout is dangerous due to the presence of a wide range of neurotic and psychosomatic symptoms. The article discusses the features of the structure and formation of the emotional burnout syndrome as manifestations of personal value-semantic deformations. Burnout has been found to be negatively associated with solving existential problems. The study aims to explore the specifics of the emotional burnout syndrome as manifestations of personal value-semantic deformations in the representatives of "helping" professions. Materials and methods. The study involved 968 respondents employed in the field of "helping" professions. Of the entire sample, 465 people (consulted persons) made up the main research group, and 503 individuals were included into the control group. The main study methods were clinical and psychological and experimental-psychological. Results. Psychodiagnostics made it possible to clarify the types of emotional states and self-attitudes that characterized the specificity of burnout. Psychodiagnostic examination confirmed the presence in the subjects studied the elements of existential crisis associated with both professional situations and the personality traits of the "burned out" persons. Conclusions. Emotional burnout syndrome is a "payment" not for sympathy and love for people from the representatives of "helping" professions, but for their unfulfilled expectations, for the lack of sometimes visible result of work, for the loss of the activities meaning, for the devaluation of efforts by those around him.

Personal factors of emotional burnout of modern teachers

Актуальность статьи обусловлена необходимостью комплексной профилактики синдрома эмоционального выгорания педагогов. Цель статьи заключается в выявлении личностных факторов эмоционального выгорания современных педагогов общеобразовательных организаций. В статье раскрываются особенности проявления синдрома эмоционального выгорания у современных педагогов, выделяются преобладающие симптомы, внутренние факторы их появления. Авторами проведен анализ исследований внутренних факторов эмоционального выгорания педагогов, выделены преобладающие личностные и мотивационные факторы данного феномена. На основе статистического анализа данных определено содержание психологического сопровождения профилактики эмоционального выгорания педагогов: осмысление профессиональной деятельности, развитие позитивного самоотношения, регуляции эмоциональных состояний, коммуникации, забота о своем психологическом здоровье, повышение уровня психологической грамотности, улучшение нравственно-психологического климата в коллективе. Статья предназначена для психологов и руководителей общеобразовательных организаций. The relevance of the article is due to the need for comprehensive prevention of the emotional burnout syndrome of teachers. The purpose of the article is to identify the personal factors of emotional burnout of modern teachers of general education organizations. The article reveals the features of the manifestation of emotional burnout syndrome in modern teachers, highlights the predominant symptoms, internal factors of their appearance. The authors analyzed the internal factors of emotional burnout of teachers, highlighted the prevailing personal and motivational factors of this phenomenon. On the basis of statistical analysis of data content of psychological support for prevention of emotional burnout of teachers is determined: understanding of professional activity, development of positive self-attitude, regulation of emotional states, communication, concern for their psychological health, improvement of psychological literacy level, improvement of moral and psychological climate in the team. The article is intended for psychologists and heads of general education organizations.

Hygienic assessment of the influence of working conditions and the psychological situation in the team on the risk of emotional burnout in medical workers

The article presents the results of the risk of developing the burnout syndrome in medical workers, taking into account the influence of hygienic working conditions and the psychological situation in the team. 134 medical workers with working conditions class 2.0, 3.1, and 3.2 were under observation. The ratio of the working conditions of medical workers to the corresponding class was established according to the Manual 2.2006–05 «Hygienic assessment of factors of the working environment and the labor process. Criteria and classification of working conditions». The methodological basis for assessing the level of emotional burnout of a medical worker in a team was a questionnaire developed by V. V. Boyko; the psychological situation in the team was assessed using a questionnaire by A. F. Fiedler. The conducted studies found that with the class of working conditions of doctors at the level of 2.0, the risk of developing emotional burnout after five years of work is 30.7 %. At the level of the class of working conditions 3.2, after five years of work, the burnout among doctors will reach 46.7 %. Against the background of a favorable psychological situation in the team, the probability of developing an emotional burnout syndrome was 20.0 %, with an unfavorable one, it increased to 46.6 %. The results obtained in the course of this study were used as the basis for the development of a method for predicting the risk of developing burnout syndrome in medical professionals in the first five years of work with a sensitivity of 78 % and a specificity of 68 %.

Emotional burnout syndrome in primary specialization doctors

We conducted an anonymous survey of 140 medical interns at the end of the 2nd year of study in specialties leading in emotional burnout. The results obtained indicate the beginning of the syndrome formation even at the undergraduate level of education, with significant deterioration during the course of primary specialization. Prevention of burnout syndrome should begin with its diagnosis, as well as assessment of the presence of depression, situational and personal anxiety at the early stages of medical education.