Exploring burnout, perfectionism, and moral injury among UK physiotherapists: A qualitative study on professional fulfilment and well-being
Glykeria Skamagki,
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Laura Blackburn,
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Daniel Biggs
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et al.
PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
20(2), P. e0313730 - e0313730
Published: Feb. 13, 2025
Background
Burnout,
perfectionism,
and
moral
injury
are
prevalent
issues
among
healthcare
professionals,
including
physiotherapists.
The
demanding
nature
of
the
profession,
compounded
by
high
workloads,
emotional
physical
exhaustion,
systemic
challenges,
has
significant
implications
for
well-being
professional
satisfaction
This
study
aimed
to
explore
these
issues,
providing
a
qualitative
exploration
UK
physiotherapists’
lived
experiences.
Objectives
To
experiences
physiotherapists
regarding
burnout,
injury,
develop
comprehensive
understanding
personal
impacts
inform
development
effective
support
systems
interventions.
Methods
exploratory
involved
semi-structured
interviews
with
12
Framework
approach
was
used
identify
key
themes
patterns
in
data,
nuanced
challenges
faced
Results
Four
primary
emerged:
(1)
Physiotherapy
Under
Pressure:
Workload,
Perfectionism,
(2)
Interpersonal
Dynamics
Support
Systems,
(3)
Professional
Fulfilment
Identity,
(4)
Work-Life
Balance
Well-being.
Physiotherapists
reported
levels
burnout
exhaustion
due
relentless
exacerbated
after
COVID-19
pandemic.
Perfectionism
further
contributed
feelings
inadequacy.
Inconsistent
management
support,
bureaucratic
lack
career
progression
opportunities
were
stressors.
Effective
team
dynamics
crucial
mitigating
stress,
yet
many
interpersonal
such
as
criticism
bullying.
Achieving
work-life
balance
persistent
struggle,
highlighting
need
organisational
changes
flexibility
well-being.
Conclusion
significantly
impact
satisfaction.
Addressing
requires
within
organisations
provide
robust
systems,
flexible
working
conditions,
development.
Language: Английский
Prevalence of emotional burnout among dietitians and nutritionists: a systematic review, meta-analysis, meta-regression, and a call for action
BMC Psychology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: Dec. 23, 2024
Despite
anecdotal
evidence
pointing
to
the
high
prevalence
of
job
stress
and
burnout
among
dietitians
nutritionists,
few
studies
have
been
conducted
on
this
topic.
Moreover,
most
are
from
Western
countries.
The
objective
current
study,
based
systematic
review,
meta-analysis,
meta-regression,
is
aimed
provide
systematically
graded
assess
emotional
nutritionists
across
age,
sex,
cultural
backgrounds.
Two
reviewers
independently
a
search
1
January
2000,
April
2024
was
later
updated
15
November
2024,
seven
databases:
EBSCOhost
Research
Platform,
EMBASE,
PubMed/MEDLINE,
ProQuest,
ScienceDirect,
Scopus,
Web
Science.
DerSimonian-Laird
method
utilized
pool
data
in
meta-analysis.
Data
total
12,166
were
extracted
16
datasets
(published
twelve
research
reports)
covering
period
approximately
25
years.
We
measured
pooled
global
syndrome
its
individual
symptoms
nutritionists.
Subgroup
meta-analyses
also
identify
comprehensive
set
moderators,
including
participants'
age
sex.
(K
=
10,
N
10,081)
showed
an
overall
rate
40.43%
[23.69;
59.74],
I²
99.3%,
τ
[95%
CI]
1.18
[0.84;
1.97],
τ²
1.38
[0.71;
3.89],
H
12.68
[11.70;
13.74].
dimensions/individual
2,
695)
summarized
as
follows:
exhaustion
(EE)
at
26.11%
[15.14;
41.17],
84.0%,
0.21,
0.46,
Q
6.25,
p
<
0.001;
depersonalization
(DP)
6.59%
[1.08;
31.22],
95.0%,
1.72,
1.31,
20.18,
personal
accomplishment
(PA)
59.29%
[39.81;
76.23],
89.3%,
0.29,
0.54,
9.36,
0.001.
Meta-regression
no
difference
by
or
0.80,
0.20,
respectively.
This
meta-analysis
revealed
that
other
medical
professionals.
Furthermore,
sex
not
significantly
associated
with
study
provides
impetus
for
policy
changes
improve
dietitians'
nutritionists'
working
conditions,
well
quality
nutrition
care.
Language: Английский