ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2024
Differential effects of healthcare worker burnout on psychotropic medication use and misuse by occupational level.
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- Job Stress, Burnout and Healthcare Utilization: Evidence from a Systematic Literature Review and Implications for Future Research.Applied health economics and health policy · 2026Pooled it
- Global Trends, Inequalities, and Citation Dynamics in Burnout Research Among Healthcare Professionals: A Bibliometric Analysis (1987-2024).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Prevalence of burnout and its association with psychotropic medication use among surgical residents in Saudi Arabia.Discover mental health · 2026Article
- COVID-19 pandemic in minor psychiatric disorders among mobile emergency service workers: cohort.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2026Article
- Trends in psychotropic use among older adults with dementia in Korean long-term care hospitals across the COVID-19 pandemic: a national longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Effects of compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress on current drug use among healthcare workers: Differences by occupational level.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Heart Rate and Perceived Stress in Intensive Care Unit Residents: Exploratory Analysis Using Fitbit Data.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeBurnout has been well examined among physicians and other high-wage, high-autonomy healthcare positions. However, lower-wage healthcare workers with less workplace autonomy (e.g., medical assistants, nurses' aides) represent a substantial proportion of the workforce, but remain understudied. We aimed to examine the effects of burnout on psychotropic medication use and misuse and whether these effects differed by occupational level.
methodsIn March 2022, we collected data from a diverse sample of US healthcare workers (N = 200) and examined the cross-sectional relationship between burnout and changes in prescribed psychotropic medication (i.e., starting, stopping, and/or having a change in the dose/frequency) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also separately examined the relationship between burnout and psychotropic medication misuse (i.e., without a prescription, in greater amounts, more often, longer than prescribed, and/or for a reason other than prescribed). We stratified models by occupational level (prescribers/healthcare administrators vs. other healthcare workers).
resultsGreater burnout was associated with higher odds of changes in prescribed psychotropic medication among prescribers/healthcare administrators (aOR = 1.23, 95% CI 1.01, 1.48), but not among other healthcare workers (aOR = 1.04, 95% CI 0.98, 1.10). Greater burnout was not associated with psychotropic medication misuse among prescribers/healthcare administrators (aOR = 0.96, 95% CI 0.82, 1.12) but was associated with increased odds of psychotropic medication misuse among other healthcare workers (aOR = 1.07, 95% CI 1.01, 1.14).
conclusionsPotential disparities in help-seeking and healthcare access might manifest in non-medical use of prescription drugs among some healthcare workers, which has implications for worker safety and well-being.
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