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Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy - only a physicians' affair?
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- Validation of the Ontario Protocol Assessment Level (OPAL) Tool for Assessing Clinical Trial Complexity and Supporting Workforce Planning in the Italian Clinical Research Context.Therapeutic innovation & regulatory science · 2026Article
- Seeing the human behind the sample: How compassion training shaped inner awareness, relationships, and workplace meaning in HIV end-of-life research.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Article
- The role and challenges of clinical research coordinators: insights from a national survey.BMC medical research methodology · 2025Article
- Correlation between physical activity and burnout amongst allied healthcare professionals in eThekwini, South Africa.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Clinical research coordinators: Key components of an efficient clinical trial unit.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- Non-profit research: an insight into the management and monitoring of clinical trials in Italy.Global & regional health technology assessmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe burnout phenomenon has been extensively investigated among health care professionals, particularly focusing on physicians and nurses. However, literature concerning burnout in clinical research is poor and often neglects the other professional categories involved.
methodsIn March 2019, all members of Italian Group of Clinical Research Coordinator were invited to participate to a web survey, consisting of three sections: general information and workload; Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) test; subjective perception of oneself's work stress and possible causes.
resultsThe majority of respondents felt a form of distress. The main source was contract type (31.2%), followed by workload (20.5%) and lack of skills recognition (17.8%). Results from MBI test confirmed the interviewees' subjective perception: an intermediate level of emotional exhaustion (19.1 points) and a very high sense of reduced professional achievement (26.8 points) were observed. Both depersonalization and sense of reduced professional achievement showed weak to moderate correlations with emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion was associated with contract type with high significance.
conclusionIt is necessary to act on those qualitative factors that are greatly increasing the level of perceived stress, jeopardizing the quality of clinical research coordinators work and significantly amplifying the phenomenon of migration towards the private sector.
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