Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Critical Care
Published in: Critical Care 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Care | Review

Burnout and Joy in the Profession of Critical Care Medicine

Authors: Meeta Prasad Kerlin, Joanne McPeake, Mark E. Mikkelsen

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

Login to get access

Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at https://​www.​biomedcentral.​com/​collections/​annualupdate2020​. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://​www.​springer.​com/​series/​8901.
Literature
1.
Herridge MS, Tansey CM, Matte A, et al. Functional disability five years after ARDS. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1293–304.PubMedCrossRef
2.
McPeake JM, Devine H, MacTavish P, et al. Caregiver strain following critical care discharge: an exploratory evaluation. J Crit Care. 2016;35:180–4.PubMedCrossRef
3.
Moss M, Good VS, Gozal D, Kleinpell R, Sessler CN. A critical care societies collaborative statement: burnout syndrome in critical care health professional. A call for action. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016;194:106–13.PubMedCrossRef
4.
Costa DK, Moss M. The cost of caring: emotion, burnout and psychological distress in critical care clinicians. Ann Am Thoracic Soc. 2018;15:787–90.CrossRef
5.
van Mol MMC, Kompanje EJO, Benoit DD, Bakker J, Nijkamp MD. The prevalence of compassion fatigue and burnout among healthcare professional in intensive care units: a systematic review. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0136955.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
6.
Dzeng E, Curtis JR. Understanding ethical climate, moral distress and burnout: a novel tool and a conceptual framework. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018;27:766–70.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
7.
Schwarzkopf D, Ruddel H, Thomas-Ruddel DO, et al. Perceived non-beneficial treatment of patients, burnout and intention to leave the job among ICU nurses and junior and senior physicians. Crit Care Med. 2017;45:e265–73.PubMedCrossRef
8.
Maslach C, Leiter MP. The truth about burnout: how organizations cause personal stress and what to do about it. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; 1997.
9.
Maslach C, Leiter MP. Reversing burnout: how to rekindle your passion for your work. Stanf Soc Innov Rev. 2005;2005:43–9.
10.
Pastores SM, Kvetan V, Coopersmith CM, et al. Workforce, workload, and burnout among intensivists and advanced practice providers: a narrative review. Crit Care Med. 2019;47:550–7.PubMedCrossRef
11.
Brindley PG. Psychological burnout and the intensive care practitioner: a practical and candid review for those who care. J Intensive Care Soc. 2017;18:270–5.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
12.
Mealer M, Burnham EL, Goode CJ, et al. The prevalence and impact of post traumatic stress disorder and burnout syndrome in nurses. Depress Anxiety. 2009;26:1118–26.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
13.
Chlan LL. Burnout syndrome among critical care professionals: a cause for alarm. Crit Care Alert. 2013;21:65–8.
14.
Poncet MC, Toullic P, Papazian L, et al. Burnout syndrome in critical care nursing staff. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;175:698–704.PubMedCrossRef
15.
Epp K. Burnout in critical care nurses: a literature review. Dynamics. 2012;23:25–31.PubMed
16.
17.
Embriaco N, Azoulay E, Barrau K, et al. High level of burnout in intensivists: prevalence and associated factors. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;175:686–92.PubMedCrossRef
18.
Mikkelsen ME, Anderson BJ, Bellini L, et al. Burnout, and fulfillment, in the profession of critical care medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019;200:931–93.PubMedCrossRef
19.
National Academy of Medicine Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience. Validated Instruments to Assess Work-Related Dimensions of Well-Being. https://​nam.​edu/​ valid-reliable-survey-instruments-measure-burnout-well-work-related-dimensions/. Accessed 10 Nov 2019.
20.
Dyrbye LN, Satele D, Sloan J, Shanafelt TD. Utility of a brief screening tool to identify physicians in distress. J Gen Intern Med. 2013;28:421–7.PubMedCrossRef
21.
Trockel M, Bohman B, Lesure E, et al. A brief instrument to assess both burnout and professional fulfillment in physicians: reliability and validity, including correlation with self-reported medical errors, in a sample of resident and practicing physicians. Acad Psychiatry. 2018;42:11–24.PubMedCrossRef
22.
Seaman JB, Cohen TR, White DB. Reducing the stress on clinicians working in the ICU. JAMA. 2018;320:1981–2.PubMedCrossRef
23.
24.
Garrouste-Orgeas M, Perrin M, Soufir L, et al. The latroref study: medical errors are associated with symptoms of depression in ICU staff but not burnout or safety culture. Intensive Care Med. 2015;41:273–84.PubMedCrossRef
25.
Dewa CS, Loong D, Bonato S, Thanh NX, Jacobs P. How does burnout affect physician productivity? A systematic literature review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014;14:325.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
26.
Ruitenburg MM, Frings-Dresen MHW, Sluiter JK. The prevalence of common mental disorders among hospital physicians and their association with self-reported work ability: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:292.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
27.
Vahey DC, Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Clarke SP, Vargas D. Nurse burnout and patient satisfaction. Med Care. 2004;42(2 Suppl):II57–ii66.PubMedPubMedCentral
28.
Papazian L, Sylvestre A, Herridge M. Should all ICU clinicians regularly be tested for burnout? Yes. Intensive Care Med. 2018;44:681–3.PubMedCrossRef
29.
Hayes LJ, O’Brien-Pallas L, Duffield C, et al. Nurse turnover: a literature review- an update. Int J Nurs Stud. 2012;49:887–905.PubMedCrossRef
30.
Kurnat-Thoma E, Ganger M, Peterson K, Channell L. Reducing annual hospital and registered nurse staff turnover—a 10 element onboarding program intervention. SAGE Open Nurs. 2017;3:1–13.
31.
Khan N, Jackson D, Stayt L, Walthall H. Factors influencing nurses’ intentions to leave adult critical care settings. Nurs Crit Care. 2018;24:24–32.PubMedCrossRef
32.
McMurray JE, Linzer M, Konrad TR, Douglas J, Shugerman R, Nelson K. The work lives of women physicians: results from the physician Worklife study. J Gen Intern Med. 2000;15:372–80.PubMedPubMedCentral
33.
Merlani P, Verdon M, Businger A, Domenighetti G, Pargger H, Ricou B. Burnout in ICU caregivers: a multicenter study of factors associated to centers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011;184:1140–6.PubMedCrossRef
34.
Cañadas-De la Fuente GA, Vargas C, San Luis C, García I, Cañadas GR, Emilia I. Risk factors and prevalence of burnout syndrome in the nursing profession. Int J Nurs Stud. 2015;52:240–9.PubMedCrossRef
35.
Teixeira C, Ribeiro O, Fonseca AM, Carvalho AS. Burnout in intensive care units-a consideration of the possible prevalence and frequency of new risk factors: a descriptive correlational multicentre study. BMC Anesthesiol. 2013;13:38.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
36.
Burghi G, Lambert J, Chaize M, et al. Prevalence, risk factors and consequences of severe burnout syndrome in ICU. Intensive Care Med. 2014;40:1785–6.PubMedCrossRef
37.
Coomber S, Todd C, Park G, Baxter P, Firth-Cozens J, Shore S. Stress in UK intensive care unit doctors. Br J Anaesth. 2002;89:873–81.PubMedCrossRef
38.
Fumis RR, Amarante GA, de Fátima NA, Junior JM. Moral distress and its contribution to the development of burnout syndrome among critical care providers. Ann Intensive Care. 2017;7:71.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
39.
40.
Henrich N, Ayas NT, Stelfox HT, Peets AD. Cognitive and other strategies to mitigate the effects of fatigue. Lessons from staff physicians working in intensive care units. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016;13:1600–6.PubMedCrossRef
41.
Trzeciak S, Roberts BW, Mazzarelli AJ. Compassionomics: hypothesis and experimental approach. Med Hypothesis. 2017;107:92–7.CrossRef
42.
Ali NA, Wolf KM, Hammersley J, et al. Continuity of care in intensive care units: a cluster-randomized trial of intensivist staffing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011;184:803–8.PubMedCrossRef
43.
Jarvie L, Robinson C, MacTavish P, et al. Understanding the patient journey: a mechanism to reduce staff burnout? Br J Nurs. 2019;28:396–7.PubMedCrossRef
44.
Haines KJ, Sevin C, Hibbert E, et al. Key mechanisms by which post-ICU activities can improve in-ICU care: results of the international THRIVE collaboratives. Intensive Care Med. 2019;45:939–47.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
45.
Mealer M, Conrad D, Evans J, et al. Feasibility and acceptability of a resilience training program for intensive care unit nurses. Am J Crit Care. 2014;23:e97–105.PubMedCrossRef
46.
Dyrbye LN, Shanafelt TD, Gill PR, et al. Effect of a professional coaching intervention on the well-being and distress of physicians: a pilot randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019;179:1406–14.PubMedPubMedCentralCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Burnout and Joy in the Profession of Critical Care Medicine
Authors
Meeta Prasad Kerlin
Joanne McPeake
Mark E. Mikkelsen
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-2784-z

Other articles of this Issue 1/2020

Critical Care 1/2020 Go to the issue

Letter

Naloxone should remain the appropriate antidote to treat opioid overdose

Letter

Assessment of noise levels in the intensive care unit using Apple Watch

Research

Success and complications by team composition for prehospital paediatric intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Review

Nutrition therapy in critical illness: a review of the literature for clinicians

Research Letter

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a predictive biomarker for moderate-severe ARDS in severe COVID-19 patients

Research

Frailty, delirium and hospital mortality of older adults admitted to intensive care: the Delirium (Deli) in ICU study