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Influence of perceived organisational factors on job burnout: survey of community mental health staff.

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Lasalvia, Antonio, Bonetto, Chiara, Bertani, Mariaelena, Bissoli, Sarah, Cristofalo, Doriana, Marrella, Giovanna, Ceccato, Enrico, Cremonese, Carla +7 more·2009·British Journal of Psychiatry

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BACKGROUND: Staff burnout is a critical issue for mental healthcare delivery, as it can lead to decreased work performance and, ultimately, to poorer treatment outcomes. AIMS: To explore the relative weight of job-related characteristics and perceived organisational factors in predicting burnout in staff working in community-based psychiatric services. METHOD: A representative sample of 2000 mental health staff working in the Veneto region, Italy, participated. Burnout and perceived organisational factors were assessed by using the Organizational Checkup Survey. RESULTS: Overall, high levels of job distress affected nearly two-thirds of the psychiatric staff and one in five staff members suffered from burnout. Psychiatrists and social workers reported the highest levels of burnout, and support workers and psychologists, the lowest. Burnout was mostly predicted by a higher frequency of face-to-face interaction with users, longer tenure in mental healthcare, weak work group cohesion and perceived unfairness. CONCLUSIONS: Improving the workplace atmosphere within psychiatric services should be one of the most important targets in staff burnout prevention strategies. The potential benefits of such programmes may, in turn, have a favourable impact on patient outcomes.

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Lasalvia, A., Bonetto, C., Bertani, M., Bissoli, S., Cristofalo, D., Marrella, G., Ceccato, E., Cremonese, C., De Rossi, M., Lazzarotto, L., Marangon, V., Morandin, I., Zucchetto, M., Tansella, M., & PICOS-Veneto Group
Affiliations
  • University of Verona (IT)
  • University of Padua (IT)
  • Ospedale di Mirano (IT)
Corresponding author
Lasalvia, Antonio
Venue
British Journal of Psychiatry
Published
2009-12
Volume
195
Issue
6
Pages
537-544
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
OpenAlex
W2159852293
Cited by
187
References
55
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FWCI
13.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Università degli Studi di Padova
  • Università degli Studi di Verona
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
burnout, mental health professionals, community mental health services, organizational factors, team cohesion, perceived injustice, employee turnover, burnout prevention, workplace atmosphere, social workers, psychiatrists, support staff, psychologists
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Allied Health Personnel, Burnout, Professional, Community Health Nursing, Community Mental Health Services, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Italy, Male, Middle Aged, Social Work, Socioeconomic Factors, Organizational Culture, Workload, Workplace

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