Key result
Burnout dimensions of exhaustion and professional efficacy were not associated with lower heart rate variability, though significant differences were found between cynicism levels in meanNN (P=0.008).
Why the study?
The study was conducted to perform a subjective and objective stress analysis across different occupational groups.
Is heart rate variability associated with different levels of burnout in employees?
Cross-Sectional (n=414)
Is heart rate variability associated with different levels of burnout in employees?
p-value: p=.008
In healthy employees, high levels of cynicism are associated with differences in heart rate variability, but exhaustion and professional efficacy are not.
High cynicism was associated with HRV differences in employees; hypothesis-generating and leaves open causal burnout-autonomic links.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was a subjective and objective stress analysis of occupational groups. METHODS: The study examined 414 employees with patients or children contact on work. The age ranged from 22 to 63 years. Subjective stress was measured using the Maslach Burnout Inventory and objective stress with heart rate variability (HRV). RESULTS: Twenty-one percent of subjects showed a high level of exhaustion, 12.9% a high level of cynicism and low performance. There were significant group differences between cynicism levels in meanNN (P = .008) and meanHR (P = .002). There were no significant differences in HRV for exhaustion and professional efficacy. CONCLUSIONS: The health-impairing manifestations of the three dimensions of the burnout syndrome are not associated with the lower HRV. However, healthy subjects from a "screening" study who had not been clinically diagnosed with burnout were examined here.
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Thielmann et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in Burnout (n=414). Burnout levels (exhaustion, cynicism, professional efficacy) vs. Different levels of burnout was evaluated on Heart rate variability (HRV) parameters (meanNN, meanHR) (p=.008). Burnout dimensions of exhaustion and professional efficacy were not associated with lower heart rate variability, though significant differences were found between cynicism levels in meanNN (P=0.008).
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