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Predictors of Occupational Burnout: A Systematic Review

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  • Yara Shoman

    (Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Emna El May

    (Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Sandy Carla Marca

    (Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Pascal Wild

    (Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Renzo Bianchi

    (Institute of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Neuchâtel, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

  • Merete Drevvatne Bugge

    (National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), 0363 Oslo, Norway)

  • Cigdem Caglayan

    (Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, İzmit 41001, Turkey)

  • Dimitru Cheptea

    (Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 2004 Chisinau, Moldova)

  • Marco Gnesi

    (Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy)

  • Lode Godderis

    (Department of Primary Care and Public Health, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium)

  • Sibel Kiran

    (Institute of Public Health, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Turkey)

  • Damien M. McElvenny

    (Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9WU, UK)

  • Zakia Mediouni

    (Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland)

  • Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum

    (National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), 0363 Oslo, Norway)

  • Dragan Mijakoski

    (Institute of Occupational Health of RNM, WHO Collaborating Center, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
    Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia)

  • Jordan Minov

    (Institute of Occupational Health of RNM, WHO Collaborating Center, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia
    Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius, University in Skopje, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia)

  • Henk F. van der Molen

    (Center for Occupational Diseases, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Evangelia Nena

    (Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece)

  • Marina Otelea

    (Clinical Department 5, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania)

  • Irina Guseva Canu

    (Center of Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges-Lausanne, Switzerland)

Abstract

We aimed to review occupational burnout predictors, considering their type, effect size and role (protective versus harmful), and the overall evidence of their importance. MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and Embase were searched from January 1990 to August 2018 for longitudinal studies examining any predictor of occupational burnout among workers. We arranged predictors in four families and 13 subfamilies of homogenous constructs. The plots of z-scores per predictor type enabled graphical discrimination of the effects. The vote-counting and binomial test enabled discrimination of the effect direction. The size of the effect was estimated using Cohen’s formula. The risk of bias and the overall evidence were assessed using the MEVORECH and GRADE methods, respectively. Eighty-five studies examining 261 predictors were included. We found a moderate quality of evidence for the harmful effects of the job demands subfamily (six predictors), and negative job attitudes, with effect sizes from small to medium. We also found a moderate quality of evidence for the protective effect of adaptive coping (small effect sizes) and leisure (small to medium effect sizes). Preventive interventions for occupational burnout might benefit from intervening on the established predictors regarding reducing job demands and negative job attitudes and promoting adaptive coping and leisure.

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  • Yara Shoman & Emna El May & Sandy Carla Marca & Pascal Wild & Renzo Bianchi & Merete Drevvatne Bugge & Cigdem Caglayan & Dimitru Cheptea & Marco Gnesi & Lode Godderis & Sibel Kiran & Damien M. McElven, 2021. "Predictors of Occupational Burnout: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(17), pages 1-17, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:17:p:9188-:d:626392
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