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September 8, 2026Geriatric NursingOpen Access

Is burnout in home care professionals associated with older adult client outcomes? Exploring depressive symptoms, pain, health-related quality of life, and the moderating role of dependency

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GRGabrielė RudytėHRHenriëtte G. van der RoestHHHein van Hout

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Overview

Observational study finds no association between staff burnout and health outcomes in older home care recipients, suggesting organizational stress measures do not reflect individual care quality.

Key Points

  • To determine whether organizational staff burnout associates with changes in older recipients' depressive symptoms, pain, and health-related quality of life over six months, and whether client dependency moderates this relationship.
  • Evaluated 2,284 care recipients and 1,056 staff members across 22 home care organizations in six European countries over a six-month period.
  • Assessed burnout with the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and client outcomes with the Depression Rating Scale, 4-Point Pain Scale, Health Utility Index Mark 3, and Activities of Daily Living Long Form.
  • Executed regression analyses aggregated at the organizational level to evaluate associations and client dependency moderation.
  • Staff burnout levels at the organizational level showed no significant association with trajectories of depressive symptoms, pain, or health-related quality of life among care recipients.
  • Care recipient dependency level did not moderate the association between staff burnout and client health outcomes.

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Rudytė et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9fd74958e84d0ff5b45d55https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2026.104342
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