ArticlePloS one2023
Physician burnout and symptom of anxiety and depression: Burnout in Consultant Doctors in Ireland Study (BICDIS).
Article in PloS one, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to reduce burnout in emergency medicine: a national inventory of the Canadian experience to support global implementation of wellness initiatives.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Prepare medical graduates for residency through near-peer teaching: addressing reciprocal determinants.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- The mediating role of health-related behaviors between social capital and primary healthcare physicians' health-related quality of life.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Burnout in sickle cell disease-focused hematology-oncology-trained physicians: a national cross-sectional study.Blood advances · 2026Article
- The protective role of perceived support, job recognition and availability of workplace resources in the relationship between burnout and suicidality among health and social care professionals in Switzerland.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Burnout in Singapore's public primary healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Association between grit at the start of residency and depressive symptoms at the end of residency among postgraduate year 1 medical residents in Japan: a longitudinal study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- «Doctors must live»: a care ethics inquiry into physicians' late modern suffering.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2025Article
- Physician and Medical Student Burnout, a Narrative Literature Review: Challenges, Strategies, and a Call to Action.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Prevalence and correlates of depression, anxiety, and burnout among physicians and postgraduate medical trainees: a scoping review of recent literature.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Article
- A Narrative Review of Burnout Syndrome in Medical Personnel.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Association between sleep health and rates of self-reported medical errors in intern physicians: an ancillary analysis of the Intern Health Study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Burnout among family medicine residents: a cross-sectional nationwide study.Israel journal of health policy research · 2024Article
- Article
- A study on the relationship and path between mental health and burnout of Chinese athletes.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Article
- Article
- Burnout in mental health services in Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic.BJPsych open · 2023Article
- Factors associated with suicide in physicians: a silent stigma and public health problem that has not been studied in depth.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundBurnout is a work related syndrome comprising three major dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced professional efficacy. It is recognised that burnout may be associated with psychopathological sequelae, such as symptoms of anxiety and depression.
aimsThis study aimed to examine the relationship between burnout and symptoms of depression and anxiety in senior doctors in Ireland. We examined personality traits as a mediating factor on burnout, in relation to work related stress among the participants.
methodsThis study was a national cross sectional survey of consultants. Data included basic demographic data, work-related data, burnout as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory, personality traits, and symptoms of depression and anxiety from the Depressive Anxiety Stress Scale [DASS].
resultsResults were obtained from 477 consultants, yielding a response rate 21.9%. Nearly half (42%) reported high burnout levels. Over one-quarter (25.8%) screened positive for depression and 13.8% for anxiety. After controlling for gender and age, depressive symptoms were associated with high levels of emotional exhaustion (p<0.001) and a higher clinical workload, and stress with cynicism and reduced professional efficacy (p<0.001).
conclusionsThe this study reported a high level of work-related burnout, associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in senior doctors. This is concerning, and strategies are required that consider the relationship between symptoms of depression/anxiety and burnout. Further research to evaluate strategies to ensure physician wellbeing and optimal delivery of patient care are required to address this serious problem.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.