Introduction. burnout, a syndrome with 3 dimensions of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduction of personal accomplishment, is very common among hemodialysis nurses, while data are scarce regarding the prevalence of burnout syndrome (BS) among peritoneal dialysis (PD) nurses. This study aimed to assess and compare demographic and professional characteristics and burnout levels in hemodialysis and PD nurses, and to investigate factors that increase the level of burnout in dialysis nurses. Materials and Methods. A total of 171 nurses from 44 dialysis centers in Turkey were included in a cross-sectional survey study. Data were collected using a questionnaire defining the social and demographic characteristics and working conditions of the nurses as well as the Maslach burnout Inventory for assessment of burnout level. Results. There was no significant difference in the level of burnout between the hemodialysis and PD nurses groups. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores were higher among the shift workers, nurses who had problems in interactions with the other team members, and those who wanted to leave the unit, as well as the nurses who would not attend training programs. In addition, male sex, younger age, limited working experience, more than 50 hours of working per week, and working in dialysis not by choice were associated with higher depersonalization scores. Personal accomplishment score was lower among the younger nurses who had problems in their interactions with the doctors, who would not regularly attend training programs, and who felt being medically inadequate. Conclusions. Improving working conditions and relations among colleagues, and also providing further dialysis education are necessary for minimizing burnout syndrome. burnout reduction programs should mainly focus on younger professionals.

Objective: Economic crisis and austerity has dramatic consequences for health care professionals’ mental health. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of burnout syndrome among doctors working in public or private oncology departments in Greece and its association with factors determined by economic crisis. Method: Medical or radiation oncologists who are members of the National Oncology Societies and practicing oncology at least for one year were enrolled in this study. An On-Line questionnaire consisting of the Maslach burnout Inventory and an informative questionnaire was utilized. Results: Eighty-six On-Line questionnaires waere analyzed. Radiation oncologists had significantly higher Depersonalization (DP), whereas medical oncologists had significantly higher Emotional Exhaustion (EE) scores. Registrars had higher scores compared to consultants in all subscales of the burnout syndrome. Factors such as ‘ ‘ hospitals are not safe due to the lack or reductions in medical supplies and personnel shortage’ ’ and ‘ ‘ receiving less than 50% of annual leave’ ’ were associated with significantly higher levels of EE. Factors such as ‘ ‘ not afraid of moving abroad’ ’ and ‘ ‘ receiving 100% of annual leave’ ’ were associated with significantly higher levels of low Personal Accomplishments (PA). The principal component analysis yielded three principal components: ‘ future insecurity’ , ‘ feeling secure while working’ and ‘ working conditions associated with burnout syndrome. Conclusion: Several factors associated with austerity resulting from economic crisis significantly influenced prevalence of burnout syndrome among oncologists in Greece. Further studies need to be conducted to mobilize policy makers to develop and implement policies to improve oncologists' mental health.

Background: The amount of burnouts in professions is relatively high and deals with health. No study has been conducted on the burnout among the speech and language pathologists (SLPs) in Iran. Objectives: Thus, this study was performed to investigate burnout and the risk factors related to it among the Iranian SLPs. Methods: Sampling was conducted on the eligible SLPs (N = 182) participated in the 13th Iranian national congress of speech and language pathology (2015) using the convenience sampling method. In this study, Maslach burnout Inventory (MBI) questionnaire, in which its reliability had been obtained in Iran (  76%), and the demographic questionnaire (job and individual information) were used. To find the risk factors of job burnout, the  2 test and the logistic regression correlation were used. Results: In this study, 97. 3% of SLPs had burnout (mild = 44% and moderate = 53. 3%). The burnout was observed in the domains of the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; factors such as income level (P = 0. 03, mean = 1. 96, SD = 0. 79), case load size (P = 0. 015, r =-0. 12, mean = 35. 5, SD = 21. 05), and retraining courses (P = 0. 05, mean = 1. 54, SD = 0. 8), had the significant relationship with job burnout. Conclusions: All SLPs had a mild and moderate burnout. burnout had a positive relationship with case-load size, however, it had a negative one with the income level and job retraining courses. To reduce the burnout, the above problems should be paid attention to.