Transcranial direct current stimulation and attention skills in burnout patients: a randomized blinded sham-controlled pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Burnout is characterized by deficiencies in attention and several components of the working memory. It has been shown that cognitive behavioral therapy can have a positive effect on burnout and depressive symptoms, however, the lingering effects of impaired attention and executive functions are the most frustrating. We hypothesized that anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS) over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) can improve the executive control of attention and possibly several other components of working memory in patients with burnout. Methods: This was a randomized double-blind sham-controlled pilot study with two groups. Patients with burnout received three weeks of daily sessions (15 sessions in total) of atDCS or sham stimulat

SUBMITTER: Van Noppen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7737710 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature