BATTLING BURNOUT

Laia Townsend

WHAT IS BURNOUT ?
5 back-to-back classes
3 papers due
Group study session
Midterm tomorrow
Service project
Organize fundraiser tonight

BURNOUT

LET'S FACE IT !
One day some of us will be caregivers and at
any point in our lives we all can be patients.
Do you want to experience burnout? More
importantly, would you like to have a burnt
out doctor taking care of you?

IS IT REAL?

Based on information gathered

from the article, you are brought
aware of the symptoms of
burnout and some causes of
burnout.

LET US KNOW !
Whether a professional or familial caregiver, the
symptoms of burnout are the same, and the causes
closely correlate.
Through the background, methods, and results of the
research and the information in the chapter, you can see
that professional and familial alike are susceptible to
burnout.

CAREGIVERS DON'T HAVE TO BE PHYSICIANS

Professional Caregivers
Emotionally demanding patients
Workload
Affected physically and
emotionally

Familial Caregivers
Emotionally demanding patients
Workload
Affected physically and
emotionally

CAREGIVERS DONT HAVE TO BE PHYSICIANS

"The term burnout in patient's caregivers is used to identify the effects of
the challenges they face during the care process, negative experiences,
and the problems disrupting their lives" (Turk J Med Sci, 678).
According to chapter 5 in the book, burnout is a combination of factors:
emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of personal
accomplishment.
Emotional exhaustion: a chronic state of physical and emotional depletion
that results from excessive job and/or personal demands and continuous
stress
Depersonalization: a state in which one's thoughts and feelings seem unreal
or not to belong to oneself, or in which one loses all sense of identity.

CAREGIVERS DONT HAVE TO BE

PHYSICIANS
"Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder that distorts many
executive functions and also triggers burnout in caregivers," (Turk J Med
Sci, 678).
According to the article, patients with schizophrenia's family members
had to assume the role of primary caregiver since the first antipsychotic
drug, chlorpromazine was discovered in 1950.

HOW DO THEY DO IT?

"Caregivers of patients with schizophrenia feel sadness and despair
because of the patient's inability to function in many social situations,"
(Turk J Med Sci, 678).
"Intense emotion can cause stress and lead to emotional exhaustion," (du
Pr, 116).

Professional caregivers have the advantage of detached concern

that familial caregivers do not.

HOW DO THEY DO IT?

Clinic symptoms evaluated as positive. Clinic symptoms evaluated as
negative.
Delusions
Hallucinations
Disorganized behaviors
Speech

Alogia: inability to speak because

of mental deficit.
Apathy: lack of interest,
enthusiasm or concern
Anergy: Absence of the normal
immune response to a particular
antigen or allergen.
Avolition: decrease in the
motivation to initiate and perform
self-directed purposeful activities.

HOW DO THEY DO IT?

76 patients who were diagnosed with schizophrenia according to the DMS-IV-TR
criteria and their caregivers were enrolled.
Scale for the Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS) and Scale for the Assessment
of Negative Symptoms(SANS) are socio demographic forms that were applied to the
patients.
These forms requested paitents' information on marital status, degree of relationship
with caregiver, family income, assistant status for care, family size, etc.
These scales were used to assess the severity of positive and negative symptoms
The Maslach Burnout Inventory for Caregivers (MBI) and the Multidimensional Scale of
Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were applied to caregivers.
These scales were used to assess the burnout on the 3 factors mentioned earlier and
the perception of social support.

WHAT IS THE CAUSE AND HOW TO

PREVENT?
Income, marital status, and occupation were the main factors contributing
to burnout.

HOW IS IT CAUSED AND HOW TO PREVENT?

Demographics= Burnout
For example, some participants are married to their caregivers. Because
of this, only one person is bringing in income and more than likely have to
have a part- time job to extend care to their loved one. Coming from one
job and starting another at home creates stress that leads to emotional
exhaustion.
Prevention is fairly easy.
Results from this study show that the more social support that caregivers
have, the less likely they are to experience burnout.
"Many analysts suggest that gratifying patient- caregiver relationships are
the best antidote for burnout," (du Pr, 119).