Abstract
The issue of occupational burnout and its selected predictors among Polish physiotherapists – cross sectional study
- Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Department of Adapted Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
- Physiofeet. Physiotherapy for Children and Adolescents, Katowice, Poland
Background
Occupational burnout is a condition that affects medical professionals, including physiotherapists. It is caused by excessive mental and physical costs incurred by the work.
Aims
To study the problem of job burnout among physiotherapists and determine the determinants affecting the level of burnout. Material and methods: The study included 425 people (F=287; M=138) working as physiotherapists.
Age of the subjects
22-65 years (mean: 30.08; SD=6.11). The research tool was a survey questionnaire containing the author's questions and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to determine the respondents' level of job burnout. Results: The medians of the MBI domains were low. Lowest for Depersonalization (F=4.16, M=5.75; p
Keywords
professional burnout, work, medical professions, physiotherapist, determinants of professional burnout
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