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The causal links between stress and burnout in a longitudinal study of UK doctors
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Burnout and stress are common, linked problems in health-care workers. We aimed to clarify their causal associations. We assessed stress and the three components of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and low personal accomplishment) using structural equation modelling in a 3-year longitudinal study of a representative sample of 331 UK doctors. Emotional exhaustion and stress showed reciprocal causation: high levels of emotional exhaustion caused stress (beta=0 189), and high levels of stress caused emotional exhaustion (beta=0 175). High levels of personal accomplishment increased stress levels (beta=0 080), whereas depersonalisation lowered stress levels (beta=-0 105).
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“Another large-scale, longitudinal study of 331 doctors conducted over three years provides further evidence for rejecting the simple one-way relationship between stress and burnout (McManus, Winder & Gordon, 2002).”
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“Instead, emotional exhaustion and stress demonstrated reciprocal causation.”
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“Moreover, low levels of personal accomplishment led to increased levels of stress, whereas high levels of depersonalization led to decreased levels of stress.”
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“Stress is intended to measure the immediate effect of stressors on the individual, whereas burnout is intended to measure the chronic effect of such stressors.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- McManus, I., Winder, B., & Gordon, D.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- The Royal Free Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- McManus, IC
- ORCID
- McManus, IC
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-06
- Volume
- 359
- Issue
- 9323
- Pages
- 2089-2090
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2020710864
- Cited by
- 376
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 21.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) (submittedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
- Keywords
- burnout, occupational stress, physicians, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, reciprocal causation, healthcare workers, physician well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Burnout, Professional, Family Practice, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Incidence
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