Systematic review of the relationship between burn-out and spiritual health in doctors

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between burn-out and spiritual health among medical doctors.

DESIGN: Systematic literature review and narrative synthesis of cross-sectional studies.

SETTING: Any setting, worldwide.

DATA SOURCES: Five databases were searched from inception to March 2022, including Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, Scopus and Web of Science.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Any study design that involved medical doctors (and other healthcare staff if assessed alongside medical doctors), that measured (in any way) both burn-out (or similar) and spiritual health (or similar) medical doctors.

DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: All records were double screened. Data extraction was performed by one reviewer and a proportion (10%) checked by a second reviewer. Quality was assessed using the Appraisal of Cross-sectional Studies tool. Due to the heterogeneity of the included studies, a narrative review was undertaken without a meta-analysis.

RESULTS: Searches yielded 1049 studies. 40 studies met eligibility criteria and were included in this review. Low reported levels of spirituality were associated with high burn-out scores and vice versa. Religion was not significantly associated with lower levels of burn-out. Few studies reported statistically significant findings, few used validated spiritual scores and most were vulnerable to sampling bias.

CONCLUSIONS: Published research suggests that burn-out is linked to spiritual health in medical doctors but not to religion. Robust research is needed to confirm these findings and develop effective interventions.

PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020200145.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

BMJ open - 13(2023), 8 vom: 08. Aug., Seite e068402

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Whitehead, Ishbel Orla [VerfasserIn]
Moffatt, Suzanne [VerfasserIn]
Warwick, Stephanie [VerfasserIn]
Spiers, Gemma F [VerfasserIn]
Kunonga, Tafadzwa Patience [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Hanratty, Barbara [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Human resource management
Journal Article
OCCUPATIONAL & INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE
PUBLIC HEALTH
Primary Care
Primary Health Care
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 10.08.2023

Date Revised 12.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068402

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360528287