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ReviewSeminars in perinatology2020

Provider burnout: Implications for our perinatal patients.

Daniel S Tawfik, Jochen Profit

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In one paragraph

Review in Seminars in perinatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Threats to neonatologists' professional identity formation: ethical implications of condensing neonatal-perinatal fellowship.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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  3. Review
  4. Improving well-being among women in neonatology.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025
    Article
  5. Devaluing babies: neonatal implications of proposed changes in pediatric residency training.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Changing safety culture.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel S TawfikDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: dtawfik@stanford.edu.
Jochen ProfitPerinatal Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative, 1265 Welch Road, Stanford, CA, USA.
Stanford University · US

Funding

The WISER StudyR01HD084679 · NICHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI PROFIT, JOCHEN, SEXTON, JOHN BRYAN · 2015 to 2018
$2.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD084679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the syndrome of physician burnout within neonatology, its relation to neonatal quality of care, and outline potential solutions.

findingsBurnout affects up to half of physicians, including up to one-third of neonatologists, at any given time. It is linked to suicidality, substance abuse, and intent to leave practice, and it is strongly associated with reduced quality of care in the published literature. Resilience and mindfulness interventions rooted in positive psychology may reduce burnout among individual providers. Because burnout is largely driven by organizational factors, system-level attention to leadership, teamwork, and practice efficiency can reduce burnout at the level of the organization.

conclusionsBurnout is common among neonatologists and consistently relates to decreased quality of patient care in a variety of dimensions. Personal resilience training and system-wide organizational interventions are needed to reverse burnout and promote high-quality neonatal care.

Indexed as

Interprofessional RelationsLeadershipMindfulnessNeonatologyQuality of Health CareResilience, PsychologicalBurnout, ProfessionalHumansIntensive Care Units, NeonatalMedical ErrorsPatient SafetyPsychology, PositiveSubstance-Related DisordersSuicidal IdeationWork-Life Balance

Identifiers

PMID32248955
PMCPMC7276284
OpenAlexW3011699418

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Registered trials

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