Burnout, decision-making and coping among healthcare workers: How the world was before the COVID-19 pandemic
Introduction: The international literature in the past two years has focused on work-related stress and burnout symptoms among healthcare workers involved in the COVID-19 emergency. However, high levels of burnout syndrome (BOS) had previously been traced in this population. The present study invest...
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| author | Amelia RIZZO Rossella ALFA Viviana CARLOTTA Giuseppe STURNIOLO Luigi TRAZZI Francesco VIOLA |
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| description | Introduction: The international literature in the past two years has focused on work-related stress and burnout symptoms among healthcare workers involved in the COVID-19 emergency. However, high levels of burnout syndrome (BOS) had previously been traced in this population. The present study investigated the relationship between BOS, decision-making and coping styles in a sample of physicians and nurses before the pandemic.
Methods: A sample of 90 healthcare workers (male= 47.9%; mean age = 45.23 ± 7.37) participated in the study. A socio-demographic questionnaire, the Link Burnout Questionnaire, the CISS Coping Inventory in Stressful Situations for adults and the General Decision-Making Style questionnaire were used.
Results: Linear regression analysis showed that low decision style and emotion-oriented coping predict the onset of BOS. Subjects with and without BOS differ in decision-making styles and coping strategies.
Discussion: This study could contribute to identifying precursors of BOS and suggests the need for preventive psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions to include emotions in the decision-making process. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dbba79a717634400b6b1894a5f73dc1f2025-07-10T09:58:46ZengEdizioni FS PublisherGIornale Italiano di Psicologia e Medicina del Lavoro2785-13382022-12-012210511610.69088/2022/BRNT3Burnout, decision-making and coping among healthcare workers: How the world was before the COVID-19 pandemicAmelia RIZZO0Rossella ALFA1Viviana CARLOTTA2Giuseppe STURNIOLO3Luigi TRAZZI4Francesco VIOLA5Psy, PhD and Psychotherapist, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. E-mail: amrizzo@unime.itPsy, PhD and Psychotherapist, Messina University Hospital, Messina, Italy. E-mail: rossellaalfa2@gmail.comPsy, PhD and Psychotherapist, Messina University Hospital, Messina, Italy. E-mail: viviana_carlotta@hotmail.comPsychologist and Psychotherapist, Provincial Health Authority of Messina, Messina, Italy. E-mail: dottoregiuseppesturniolo@gmail.comPsychologist and Psychotherapist, Assisted Therapeutic Community, Messina, Italy. E-mail: luigitrazzi@gmail.comPsychologist and Psychotherapist, Messina University Hospital, Messina, Italy. e-mail: docfrancesco.viola@gmail.comIntroduction: The international literature in the past two years has focused on work-related stress and burnout symptoms among healthcare workers involved in the COVID-19 emergency. However, high levels of burnout syndrome (BOS) had previously been traced in this population. The present study investigated the relationship between BOS, decision-making and coping styles in a sample of physicians and nurses before the pandemic. Methods: A sample of 90 healthcare workers (male= 47.9%; mean age = 45.23 ± 7.37) participated in the study. A socio-demographic questionnaire, the Link Burnout Questionnaire, the CISS Coping Inventory in Stressful Situations for adults and the General Decision-Making Style questionnaire were used. Results: Linear regression analysis showed that low decision style and emotion-oriented coping predict the onset of BOS. Subjects with and without BOS differ in decision-making styles and coping strategies. Discussion: This study could contribute to identifying precursors of BOS and suggests the need for preventive psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions to include emotions in the decision-making process.https://gipmel.it/wp-content/uploads/10.690882022BRNT3.pdfburnoutcopingdecision-makinghealth professions |
| spellingShingle | Amelia RIZZO Rossella ALFA Viviana CARLOTTA Giuseppe STURNIOLO Luigi TRAZZI Francesco VIOLA Burnout, decision-making and coping among healthcare workers: How the world was before the COVID-19 pandemic GIornale Italiano di Psicologia e Medicina del Lavoro burnout coping decision-making health professions |
| title | Burnout, decision-making and coping among healthcare workers: How the world was before the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Burnout, decision-making and coping among healthcare workers: How the world was before the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Burnout, decision-making and coping among healthcare workers: How the world was before the COVID-19 pandemic |
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| title_short | Burnout, decision-making and coping among healthcare workers: How the world was before the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | burnout decision making and coping among healthcare workers how the world was before the covid 19 pandemic |
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