Relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms: A study using the person-centred approach

By K. Ahola, J. Hakanen, R. Perhoniemi, P. Mutanen. 2014

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Abstract We applied a person-centred approach to study the relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms at baseline and over seven years. We examined how the symptom clusters and trajectories are related to the baseline sociodemographic and psychosocial work characteristics. At baseline, burnout and depressive symptoms clustered into three groups: low, intermediate, and high level of symptoms. Four developmental trajectories – low, high, increasing and decreasing symptoms – emerged in the longitudinal analysis. The psychosocial work characteristics were reflected in the level and development of the symptoms. The results support the conceptual similarity between burnout and depressive symptoms in the work context.

Subfields: General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT)—Development, Validity, and Reliability (2020, background): “, [10]), it is nevertheless clear that depressive and burnout symptoms often co-occur and develop in tandem [11].”
The person-oriented approach to burnout: A systematic review (2016, background): “However, the symptoms of burnout and depresion seemed to be inseparable at the intra-individual level, as heir levels and changes manifested in tandem (Ahola et al., 2014; ianchi et al., 2015b).”