Project

Research on burnout in Belgium

Code
160Y2309
Duration
01 October 2009 → 01 October 2010
Funding
Federal funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Biophysics
    • Biophysics
    • Public health care
    • Public health sciences
    • Public health services
    • Biophysics
Keywords
professional exhaustion prevalence burnout
 
Project description

Two parts : a) Review of the literature concerning burn out (professional exhaustion) : definition, symptoms, diagnostics,….b) Prevalence study : through a sample of general practitioners and ooccupational health physicians an estimation will be made of the prevalence of burnout in the general population