ReviewPsychology research and behavior management2023
What is the Link Between Different Components of Empathy and Burnout in Healthcare Professionals? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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- Impact of Subdomains of Affective and Cognitive Empathy on Burnout Syndrome in Nurses: A Meta-Analysis.International nursing review · 2026Pooled it
- The association between empathy and burnout in medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medical education · 2024Pooled it
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- Psychodrama-based versus lecture-based approaches in medical empathy education: a gender-comparative study of effects on empathy traits and communication attitudes.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Coping Strategies, Self-Efficacy and Their Relationship with Anxiety and Depression in Early Childhood Care Professionals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association between medical school expectations, professional fulfillment, and mental health among medical students: a mixed-methods study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Empathy and burnout in healthcare professionals: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic changes in quality of life among medical trainees: impairment and recovery assessed using the WHOQOL questionnaire.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Large Language Model-Enabled Editing of Patient Audio Interviews From "This Is My Story" Conversations: Comparative Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2026Article
- Factors associated with burnout among Family and Community Medicine and Nursing residents: secondary analysis of a multicentre study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Mental Health Exploration and Variables Associated with Young Health Professionals in Early Childhood Care Centers: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Mitigating Burnout: The Role of Healthcare Organizations.ATS scholar · 2025Article
- Using EEG to Assess Cognitive Fatigue in Real Time: A Medical Simulation Study.Medical science educator · 2025Article
- The chain mediating role of resilience and change fatigue between intolerance of uncertainty and job burnout in nurses.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Empathy training via Kalamazoo Consensus in remote and in-person medical communication: A randomized controlled trial.PEC innovation · 2025Article
- Shades of acceptance and adjustment; a discursive psychological analysis to showcase empathy in medical students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Predictive Factors of Resilience in Early Childhood Care Professionals.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Personality disorder functioning styles and empathy in trainee nurses: the mediating and moderating roles of death attitudes.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Relationship of burnout with empathy dimensions in healthcare workers in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic.Health psychology report · 2025Article
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Abstract
Research on healthcare shows that the relationship between empathy and burnout is complex. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to clarify the link between different empathic components and burnout components in healthcare professionals. A systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidance. The search strategy was applied in PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, and Medline, from January 1990 to January 2021. Population included nurses and doctors. Key inclusion criteria were articles addressing the relationship between different components of empathy and professional performance and wellbeing or burn out, or studies using burnout and empathy measures with validity support from commonly accepted sources of evidence. Risk of bias was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool. From 1159 references identified, 22 studies were included in the systematic review, and 5 studies in the meta-analysis. Empathic Concern was significantly correlated with Depersonalization and Personal Accomplishment. Moreover, the links between Perspective Taking, Depersonalization and Personal Accomplishment were statistically significant. In conclusion, exploring and understanding the complex links between empathy and burnout could help healthcare professionals as well as institutions to reduce the risk of suffering burnout.
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