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Southern medical journal · Mar 2021
Loss of Meaning at Work Associated with Burnout Risk in Academic Medicine.
- Erick Messias, Victoria Flynn, Molly Gathright, Carol Thrush, Timothy Atkinson, and Puru Thapa.
- From the Departments of Psychiatry, Surgery, and Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock.
- South. Med. J. 2021 Mar 1; 114 (3): 139-143.
ObjectivesMeaning at work has been proposed as one of the key drivers of professional burnout in healthcare, but few studies have simultaneously measured this relation.MethodsIn this cross-sectional analysis of 1637 individuals at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, burnout was measured using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory work-related subscale.ResultsMeaningful work was measured using items adapted from the Work as Meaning Inventory. The prevalence of work-related burnout increased with each level of diminished meaning at work. From the highest ("always") to the lowest ("never") level of meaning at work, the prevalence of burnout was: 13, 26, 57, 84, and 94%, respectively.ConclusionsWork-related burnout was inversely proportional to reported meaning at work in an academic medical center.
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