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The Relationship Between Burnout and Occupational Stress in Genetic Counselors

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Genetic Counseling, May 2016
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Title
The Relationship Between Burnout and Occupational Stress in Genetic Counselors
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Journal of Genetic Counseling, May 2016
DOI 10.1007/s10897-016-9968-3
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Brittney Johnstone, Amy Kaiser, Marie C. Injeyan, Karen Sappleton, David Chitayat, Derek Stephens, Cheryl Shuman

Abstract

Burnout represents a critical disruption in an individual's relationship with work, resulting in a state of exhaustion in which one's occupational value and capacity to perform are questioned. Burnout can negatively affect an individual's personal life, as well as employers in terms of decreased work quality, patient/client satisfaction, and employee retention. Occupational stress is a known contributor to burnout and occurs as a result of employment requirements and factors intrinsic to the work environment. Empirical research examining genetic counselor-specific burnout is limited; however, existing data suggests that genetic counselors are at increased risk for burnout. To investigate the relationship between occupational stress and burnout in genetic counselors, we administered an online survey to members of three genetic counselor professional organizations. Validated measures included the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (an instrument measuring burnout on three subscales: exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy) and the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised (an instrument measuring occupational stress on 14 subscales). Of the 353 respondents, more than 40 % had either considered leaving or left their job role due to burnout. Multiple regression analysis yielded significant predictors for burnout risk. The identified sets of predictors account for approximately 59 % of the variance in exhaustion, 58 % of the variance in cynicism, and 43 % of the variance in professional efficacy. Our data confirm that a significant number of genetic counselors experience burnout and that burnout is correlated with specific aspects of occupational stress. Based on these findings, practice and research recommendations are presented.

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Unknown 122 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 30 25%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 10%
Student > Bachelor 9 7%
Researcher 8 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 6%
Other 16 13%
Unknown 40 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 13 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 6%
Other 18 15%
Unknown 48 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 June 2016.
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#6,246,444
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Outputs from Journal of Genetic Counseling
#382
of 1,144 outputs
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#99,811
of 337,040 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Genetic Counseling
#11
of 28 outputs
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