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ArticleNeuroscience letters2022

Structural brain correlates of burnout severity in medical professionals: A voxel-based morphometric study.

Kohya Abe, Shisei Tei, Hidehiko Takahashi, Junya Fujino

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Article in Neuroscience letters, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Kohya AbeDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Shisei TeiDepartment of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaracho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan; Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11 Kita-karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Institute of Applied Brain Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan; School of Human and Social Sciences, Tokyo International University, 2509 Matoba, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan. Electronic address: chengctky@gmail.com.
Hidehiko TakahashiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaracho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan; Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11 Kita-karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Junya FujinoDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaracho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan; Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University, 6-11-11 Kita-karasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: jf15psyc@tmd.ac.jp.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JPKyoto University · JPWaseda University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Occupational burnout has become a pervasive problem, especially among medical professionals who are highly vulnerable to burnout. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical professionals have faced greater levels of stress. It is critical to increase our understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms of burnout among medical professionals for the benefit of healthcare systems. Therefore, in this study, we investigated structural brain correlates of burnout severity in medical professionals using a voxel-based morphometric technique. Nurses in active service underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging. Two core dimensions of burnout, namely, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, were assessed using self-reported psychological questionnaires. Levels of emotional exhaustion were found to be negatively correlated with gray matter (GM) volumes in the bilateral ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) and left insula. Moreover, levels of depersonalization were negatively correlated with GM volumes in the left vmPFC and left thalamus. Altogether, these findings contribute to a better understanding of the neural mechanisms of burnout and may provide helpful insights for developing effective interventions for medical professionals.

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AdultBrainBurnout, ProfessionalCerebral CortexCOVID-19DepersonalizationEmotionsFemaleGray MatterHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuropsychological TestsNursesPandemicsBurnoutInsulaMagnetic resonance imagingMedial prefrontal cortexThalamus

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PMID35108589
PMCPMC9758014
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