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ArticleJournal of pain and symptom management2022

Tackling the Pandemic a Year Later: Burnout Among Home Palliative Care Clinicians.

Giacomo Ercolani, Silvia Varani, Rita Ostan, Luca Franchini, Ahikam David Yaaqovy, Raffaella Pannuti, Guido Biasco, Eduardo Bruera

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Article in Journal of pain and symptom management, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Giacomo ErcolaniTraining and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
Silvia VaraniTraining and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: silvia.varani@ant.it.
Rita OstanTraining and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
Luca FranchiniTraining and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
Ahikam David YaaqovyDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna (A.D.Y., G.B.), Bologna, Italy.
Raffaella PannutiTraining and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
Guido BiascoDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna (A.D.Y., G.B.), Bologna, Italy.
Eduardo BrueraDepartment of Palliative Care (E.B.), Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, Huston, Texas.
ANT Foundation Italy Onlus · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITPain and Rehabilitation Medicine · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextThe COVID-19 pandemic strongly challenged healthcare workers, disrupting their work routine and impacting on their professional life. A previous investigation explored levels of burnout and psychological morbidity among palliative care professionals (PCPs) during COVID-19 first wave.

objectiveTo update data about burnout and psychological morbidity among PCPs after a year of COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsThe same questionnaires on burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI) and psychological morbidity (General Health Questionnaire 12 items, GHQ-12) were administered a year after. Differences in MBI and GHQ-12 scores obtained in the two studies (COVID2020 and COVID2021), as well as distributions of PCPs showing burnout symptoms and psychological morbidity were analyzed and compared. We also explored the association between the three dimensions of burnout and socio-demographic and professional characteristics.

resultsThe sample consisted of 145 PCPs (59% physicians and 41% nurses). Response rate (70.4%) was quite similar to the previous study (73.2%). No differences were observed in the frequency of burnout between COVID2021 and COVID2020; the PCPs in COVID2021 reported marginally higher level of EE (P = .049) and this result is confirmed in physicians (P = .010) while no difference was observed in nurses (P = .326). In addition, the percentage of cases showing psychological morbidity significantly decreased.

conclusionOur findings show stable levels of burnout and decreasing levels of psychological morbidity among PCPs one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, more research is needed to detail the significance of emotional exhaustion dimension, a variable influenced by the survey.

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Burnout, ProfessionalCOVID-19Burnout, PsychologicalHumansPalliative CarePandemicsSurveys and QuestionnairesburnoutCancerCOVID-19palliative carepandemicspsychological distress

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