Untreated stress amongst healthcare professionals can lead to a multitude of issues while prolonged stress can contribute to burnout. In order to ensure the safety of both clinicians and patients, effective and feasible interventions are needed for individuals and organizations.
Mental stress-induced inferior frontal lobe activation is associated with angina among patients with coronary artery disease.
Factors associated with poor mental health included having confirmed or suspected COVID-19, having a relative or a friend with confirmed or suspected COVID-19, having occupational exposure risks, being a resident of Hubei province, and experiencing centralized and home quarantine.
Many New York City health care workers are experiencing COVID-19-related psychological distress, especially nurses and advanced practice providers.
The majority of older adults in the sample did not report any depression, anxiety, or stress symptoms, and almost no respondents indicated severe or extremely severe symptoms.
Posttraumatic stress symptoms and depression were observed in nearly half and a quarter of the sample, respectively.
Six months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, nearly 20% of enrolled patients had experienced clinically significant PTSD symptoms.
Primary care providers report more workplace burnout and higher scores for anxiety than other health care professionals.
Researchers sought to analyze the rate of burnout in practicing nurse practitioners by looking at contributing factors that play a role in compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction.
Millennial and Generation X medical residents and fellows experience similar rates of burnout and have similar levels of empathy.
