Clinical research and burnout syndrome in Italy – only a physicians’ affair?

Trials

Sara Testoni¹  Manuela Monti¹  Irene Federici²  Cristiana Taverniti³  Stefano Stabile⁴  Agata Sue Ellen Guarrera⁵  Sara Pirondi⁶  Roberto Filippi⁷  Rosita Cenna⁸  Franca Fagioli⁸  Giulia Zucchetti⁸  Celeste Cagnazzo⁹ 

[1] Gruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy;Biostatistics and Clinical Trials Unit, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) Dino Amadori, Meldola, FC, Italy;Gruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy;Clinica di Ematologia, AOU Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I, G.M. Lancisi, G. Salesi, Ancona, Italy;Gruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy;Oncologia Medica 1, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Molinette, Turin, Italy;Gruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy;SC Oncologia Falck, Niguarda Cancer Center, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy;Gruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy;Terapie Cellulari e Medicina Trasfusionale, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy;Gruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy;UOSD Oncologia, AUSL Modena Area Sud Ospedale di Sassuolo (MO), Modena, Italy;Oncologia Medica 1, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Molinette, Turin, Italy;Unità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina Margherita, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126, Turin, Italy;Dipartimento di Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy;Unità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina Margherita, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126, Turin, Italy;Dipartimento di Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy;Gruppo Italiano Data Manager – CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy;

关键词: Burnout;    Clinical research;    Depersonalization;    Emotional exhaustion;    Professional achievement;    Italy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13063-021-05158-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe 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.MethodsIn 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.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionIt 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.

【 授权许可】

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