Burnout and staff experiences of health inequalities in children's hospitals: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify burnout constructs from descriptions of staff experiences of health inequalities operating across paediatric specialist hospitals and to categorise the constructs according to Leiter and Maslach's six Areas of Worklife (AWL) model of burnout.

Design

A secondary data analysis of a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and focus groups.

Setting

The interviews and focus groups were conducted within nine children's hospitals in England.

Participants

The dataset included responses from 217 individual staff members occupying various roles: leadership, clinical, professional and support. All staff who volunteered to participate were included in the study.

Results

The results of this exploratory analysis showed that psychologi

SUBMITTER: Lunn J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11842975 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature