Effectiveness of an intervention for prevention and treatment of burnout in primary health care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burnout syndrome is an important health problem that affects many professionals and must be addressed globally, with both organizational measures and personal interventions. Burnout of health professionals can be prevented in order to avoid personal, familial, and social consequences, as well as repercussions for patients.

Methods/design

This work describes a protocol for a controlled, pragmatic, randomized clinical trial in 2 parallel groups: intervention and control. All health professionals from 7 health care centers will form the intervention group, and all health professionals from 7 different health care centers will form the control group. The intervention group will receive 16 hours of training at their work place. The Maslach's burnout inventory, the Cues

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Gascon T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4225599 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature