Key result
Burnout was not associated with differences in 24-hour ambulatory cardiac sympathetic activity, parasympathetic activity, or heart rate compared to engaged or healthy control managers.
Why the study?
Does burnout alter 24-hour ambulatory cardiac autonomic function in managers compared to healthy or engaged controls?
Cross-Sectional (n=88)
Does burnout alter 24-hour ambulatory cardiac autonomic function in managers compared to healthy or engaged controls?
Burnout does not appear to be associated with an unfavorable cardiac autonomic profile during a regular workday and subsequent night.
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Burnout does not appear linked to altered cardiac autonomic activity in managers; hypothesis-generating for prospective studies across broader populations.
Burnout has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. This relationship may be mediated by a stress‐related disruption in cardiac autonomic activity. The aim of the present study was to assess cardiac autonomic activity (sympathetic and parasympathetic) during a working day in burned out managers. Thirty burned out, 29 healthy control and 29 engaged managers (a psychologically contrasting group) were identified using the Maslach Burnout Inventory‐General Survey (MBI‐GS) and the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES). Twenty‐four‐hour ambulatory measurements were carried out during a regular workday and the subsequent night. Pre‐ejection period (PEP) and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) were used as measures of cardiac sympathetic and parasympathetic activity, respectively. Contrary to expectations, the burned out, engaged and control groups did not differ in cardiac sympathetic and cardiac parasympathetic activity, or heart rate. Thus, burnout does not seem to be associated with an unfavourable cardiac autonomic profile.
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Doornen et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Burnout (n=88). Burnout vs. Healthy controls and engaged managers was evaluated on Cardiac sympathetic (pre-ejection period) and parasympathetic (respiratory sinus arrhythmia) activity, and heart rate. Burnout was not associated with differences in 24-hour ambulatory cardiac sympathetic activity, parasympathetic activity, or heart rate compared to engaged or healthy control managers.
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