By Kyle H. Shepard
This article is a part of the January/February 2024, Volume 36, Number 1, Audiology Today issue.
Audiologists are generally empathetic, altruistic, and adept at problem-solving. Ironically, these positive qualities can also contribute to an increased risk of stress injuries—notably, burnout. Occupational stress, contributing to burnout, causes disruptions in personal life, professional work, and job turnover (Delaney et al, 2023). Burnout is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment that can lead to a deterioration (Maslach and Schaufeli, 1993). There is vast consensus in the literature that burnout is a concern for providers and that it impacts both their own well-being and their quality of care. In civilian health-care settings, burnout was reported by 33 percent
to 50 percent of physicians and nurses and 53 percent of primary care clinicians and staff (Brindley et al, 2019; Costa and Moss, 2018; Reith, 2018).
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