Complex interplay between moral distress and other risk factors of burnout in ICU professionals: findings from a cross-sectional survey study

Understanding moral distress as a root cause of burnout is too simplified. There is an important interplay between moral distress and work-home imbalance. Interventions that support individual coping with moral distress and a work-home imbalance, and the support of direct supervisors, are paramount to prevent burnout in physicians and nurses.