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Burnout syndrome in Romanian medical residents in time of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Burnout is a state of physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress. Burnout during residency training has gained significant attention secondary to concerns regarding job performance and patient care. The new COVID-19 pandemic has raised public health problems around the world and required a reorganization of health services. In this context, burnout syndrome and physical exhaustion have become even more pronounced. Resident doctors, and especially those in certain specialties, seem even more exposed due to the higher workload, prolonged exposure and first contact with patients. This article is a short review of the literature and a presentation of some considerations regarding the activity of the medical residents in a non-Covid emergency hospital in Romania, based on the responses obtained via a questionnaire. Burnout prevalence is not equal in different specialties. We studied its impact and imagine the potential steps that can be taken in order to reduce the increasing rate of burnout syndrome in the pandemics.
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“Clinicians are prone to experience burnout more frequently than other occupations, as seen in the 2019 Medscape National Physician Burnout, Depression, & Suicide Report which mentioned around 44% of physician reported feeling burnout.3 , 4”
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“According to research, residents are especially vulnerable to the effects of chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout [4,5,6,7,8,9].”
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“Moreover, burnout can also cause higher medical errors due to fatigue and reduced caution which may lead to negligence on personal safety measures and patient safety.3”
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“Residency may also contribute significantly to burnout, thereby affecting residents’ clinical judgment, ability to communicate, and deliver high-quality care for patients.”
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- Authors
- Dimitriu, M. C. T., Pantea-Stoian, A., Smaranda, A. C., Nica, A. A., Carap, A. C., Constantin, V. D., Davitoiu, A. M., Cirstoveanu, C., Bacalbasa, N., Bratu, O. G., Jacota-Alexe, F., Badiu, C. D., Smarandache, C. G., & Socea, B.
- Affiliations
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Medical Hypotheses
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 144
- Pages
- 109972
- ISSN
- 0306-9877 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7276114
- OpenAlex
- W3033303496
- Cited by
- 319
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 87 · 2021: 100 · 2020: 18
- FWCI
- 68.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Medical Hypotheses (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie "Carol Davila" Bucureşti
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- burnout, medical residents, COVID-19 pandemic, physician burnout, resident workload, physical fatigue, Romania
- MeSH terms
- Personal Protective Equipment, COVID-19, Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Burnout, Professional, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Hospital Departments, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Internship and Residency, Male, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Surveys and Questionnaires, Romania, Stress, Psychological, Workload, Young Adult, Pandemics
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