Occupational burnout of healthcare workers: personal deadaptation or system failure in management?

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Abstract

The article presents modern data on definitive characteristics, causes of occurrence, phases of development, principles of a systematic approach to prevention, and methods to overcome such a complex concept as occupational burnout of healthcare workers. Occupational burnout has serious negative consequences for not only the health of the health workers themselves but also the effective functioning of the entire healthcare system. In this regard, some discrepancies in the conjugation of internal and external stimulants are considered to improve the efficiency of the work of medical personnel. Lessons learned from the coronavirus 2019 pandemic as a factor of healthcare system overloading and triggering occupational burnout necessitate creation of a multi-stage, systemic mechanism to protect our colleagues as well as patients from the consequences of occupational burnout.

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Alan M. Karsanov

North-Ossetian State Medical Academy

Author for correspondence.
Email: karsan@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8977-6179

MD, PhD

Russian Federation, 362025, Vladikavkaz

Oleg V. Remizov

North-Ossetian State Medical Academy

Email: oleg_remizov@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4175-5365

MD, PhD, DSc

Russian Federation, 362025, Vladikavkaz

Georgiy N. Goluchov

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Email: 7648616@gmail.com

MD, PhD, DSc, Corresponding Member of RAS, Professor

Russian Federation, 117997, Moscow

Natalia V. Polunina

N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

Email: nvpol@rambler.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8772-4631

MD, PhD, DSc, Academician of RAS, Professor

Russian Federation, 117997, Moscow

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