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Prevention of emotional and professional burnout syndrome in outpatient clinic staff
https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2026-104-3-213-218
Abstract
Research objective: to identify the main components of mental health of outpatient medical workers using questionnaires to develop ways to prevent burnout syndrome and to evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation measures.
Material and methods. The study included 50 outpatient medical staff of a healthcare facility. The median age was 49.5 [44.2; 58.8] years. General clinical, laboratory and instrumental studies were used. According to the results of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire, after rehabilitation, the severity of symptoms of anxiety and depression in those examined decreased.
Results. The study showed an improvement in the psychological component of the quality of life of medical staff after individual rehabilitation. According to the results of the Boyko questionnaire, the number of medical staff with an unformed exhaustion phase after rehabilitation increased by 40%, in the resistance phase, the number of doctors with a formed phase after rehabilitation significantly decreased from 46% to 16%. An unformed stress phase before rehabilitation was registered in 62%, and after in 90% of those examined. According to the results of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaire, the severity of anxiety and depression symptoms in those examined decreased after rehabilitation.
Conclusions. This study demonstrates the need to monitor health status and the importance of implementing individual rehabilitation programs for medical staff to reduce staff outflow and maintain the prestige of the medical profession.
About the Author
V. V. Kireeva
Hospital of the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Victoria V. Kireeva — Candidate of Medical Sciences, Deputy Chief Physician for the Polyclinic section of Work
Irkutsk
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Kireeva V.V. Prevention of emotional and professional burnout syndrome in outpatient clinic staff. Clinical Medicine (Russian Journal). 2026;104(3):213-218. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2026-104-3-213-218
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