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Bulgarian medical personnel experience moderate emotional exhaustion and low depersonalization, with staff shortages acting as the primary stressor positively correlated with burnout, while survival strategies offer a protective effect. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To evaluate the severity of professional burnout syndrome among Bulgarian healthcare workers and examine its links to organisational working conditions and coping mechanisms.

August 23, 2026North American journal of psychologyOpen Access

Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals and Physicians

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MSMyuzhgyan Sabri ALAleksandar Latev

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Observational study reveals moderate burnout linked to workplace environment in healthcare workers, highlighting the protective role of coping strategies.

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To evaluate the severity of professional burnout syndrome among Bulgarian healthcare workers and examine its links to organisational working conditions and coping mechanisms.
Cross-sectional observational study conducted from September to December 2025 across various medical institutions in Bulgaria (N=101 medical workers).
Participants completed an online survey incorporating the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Pines and Aronson burnout measures.
Data were evaluated using Pearson correlation analysis and Student's t-test.
Participants reported moderate emotional exhaustion (mean 2.83/5), low depersonalisation (1.81/5), and maintained high professional performance (3.51-3.78/5), yielding overall burnout scores of 2.85 (Maslach) and 1.94 (Pines and Aronson).
Staff shortages were identified as the primary professional stressor by 74.5% of respondents, with 43.9% reporting working under high personnel shortages.
Workplace environment demonstrated moderate positive correlations with burnout indices (r = 0.519 and r = 0.567), whereas survival coping strategies were negatively correlated (r = -0.296 to -0.340); no significant differences were observed by age, gender, experience, or facility type.

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Sabri et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aae007677a34114446aee https://doi.org/10.65696/001c.167869

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August 23, 2026North American journal of psychologyOpen Access

Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals and Physicians

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Authors

MSMyuzhgyan Sabri ALAleksandar Latev

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Overview

Observational study reveals moderate burnout linked to workplace environment in healthcare workers, highlighting the protective role of coping strategies.

Key Points

To evaluate the severity of professional burnout syndrome among Bulgarian healthcare workers and examine its links to organisational working conditions and coping mechanisms.
Cross-sectional observational study conducted from September to December 2025 across various medical institutions in Bulgaria (N=101 medical workers).
Participants completed an online survey incorporating the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Pines and Aronson burnout measures.
Data were evaluated using Pearson correlation analysis and Student's t-test.
Participants reported moderate emotional exhaustion (mean 2.83/5), low depersonalisation (1.81/5), and maintained high professional performance (3.51-3.78/5), yielding overall burnout scores of 2.85 (Maslach) and 1.94 (Pines and Aronson).
Staff shortages were identified as the primary professional stressor by 74.5% of respondents, with 43.9% reporting working under high personnel shortages.
Workplace environment demonstrated moderate positive correlations with burnout indices (r = 0.519 and r = 0.567), whereas survival coping strategies were negatively correlated (r = -0.296 to -0.340); no significant differences were observed by age, gender, experience, or facility type.

Cite This Study

Sabri et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8aae007677a34114446aee https://doi.org/10.65696/001c.167869

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