Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair?
Abstract Background The burnout phenomenon has been extensively investigated among health care professionals, particularly focusing on physicians and nurses. However, literature concerning burnout in clinical research is poor and often neglects the other professional categories involved. Methods In...
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| author | Celeste Cagnazzo Roberto Filippi Giulia Zucchetti Rosita Cenna Cristiana Taverniti Agata Sue Ellen Guarrera Stefano Stabile Irene Federici Manuela Monti Sara Pirondi Sara Testoni Franca Fagioli |
| author_facet | Celeste Cagnazzo Roberto Filippi Giulia Zucchetti Rosita Cenna Cristiana Taverniti Agata Sue Ellen Guarrera Stefano Stabile Irene Federici Manuela Monti Sara Pirondi Sara Testoni Franca Fagioli |
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| description | Abstract Background The burnout phenomenon has been extensively investigated among health care professionals, particularly focusing on physicians and nurses. However, literature concerning burnout in clinical research is poor and often neglects the other professional categories involved. Methods In March 2019, all members of Italian Group of Clinical Research Coordinator were invited to participate to a web survey, consisting of three sections: general information and workload; Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) test; subjective perception of oneself’s work stress and possible causes. Results The majority of respondents felt a form of distress. The main source was contract type (31.2%), followed by workload (20.5%) and lack of skills recognition (17.8%). Results from MBI test confirmed the interviewees’ subjective perception: an intermediate level of emotional exhaustion (19.1 points) and a very high sense of reduced professional achievement (26.8 points) were observed. Both depersonalization and sense of reduced professional achievement showed weak to moderate correlations with emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion was associated with contract type with high significance. Conclusion It is necessary to act on those qualitative factors that are greatly increasing the level of perceived stress, jeopardizing the quality of clinical research coordinators work and significantly amplifying the phenomenon of migration towards the private sector. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-139e125a13944b489d74aeda8f648be32022-12-21T23:02:32ZengBMCTrials1745-62152021-03-012211710.1186/s13063-021-05158-zClinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair?Celeste Cagnazzo0Roberto Filippi1Giulia Zucchetti2Rosita Cenna3Cristiana Taverniti4Agata Sue Ellen Guarrera5Stefano Stabile6Irene Federici7Manuela Monti8Sara Pirondi9Sara Testoni10Franca Fagioli11Unità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina MargheritaOncologia Medica 1, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio MolinetteUnità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina MargheritaUnità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina MargheritaGruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRCGruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRCGruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRCGruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRCGruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRCGruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRCGruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRCUnità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina MargheritaAbstract Background The burnout phenomenon has been extensively investigated among health care professionals, particularly focusing on physicians and nurses. However, literature concerning burnout in clinical research is poor and often neglects the other professional categories involved. Methods In March 2019, all members of Italian Group of Clinical Research Coordinator were invited to participate to a web survey, consisting of three sections: general information and workload; Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) test; subjective perception of oneself’s work stress and possible causes. Results The majority of respondents felt a form of distress. The main source was contract type (31.2%), followed by workload (20.5%) and lack of skills recognition (17.8%). Results from MBI test confirmed the interviewees’ subjective perception: an intermediate level of emotional exhaustion (19.1 points) and a very high sense of reduced professional achievement (26.8 points) were observed. Both depersonalization and sense of reduced professional achievement showed weak to moderate correlations with emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion was associated with contract type with high significance. Conclusion It is necessary to act on those qualitative factors that are greatly increasing the level of perceived stress, jeopardizing the quality of clinical research coordinators work and significantly amplifying the phenomenon of migration towards the private sector.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05158-zBurnoutClinical researchDepersonalizationEmotional exhaustionProfessional achievementItaly |
| spellingShingle | Celeste Cagnazzo Roberto Filippi Giulia Zucchetti Rosita Cenna Cristiana Taverniti Agata Sue Ellen Guarrera Stefano Stabile Irene Federici Manuela Monti Sara Pirondi Sara Testoni Franca Fagioli Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair? Trials Burnout Clinical research Depersonalization Emotional exhaustion Professional achievement Italy |
| title | Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair? |
| title_full | Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair? |
| title_fullStr | Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair? |
| title_short | Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair? |
| title_sort | clinical research and burnout syndrome in italy only a physicians affair |
| topic | Burnout Clinical research Depersonalization Emotional exhaustion Professional achievement Italy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05158-z |
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