Celeste Cagnazzo1,2,3, Roberto Filippi4, Giulia Zucchetti5,6, Rosita Cenna5,6, Cristiana Taverniti7,4, Agata Sue Ellen Guarrera7,8, Stefano Stabile7,9, Irene Federici7,10, Manuela Monti7,11, Sara Pirondi7,12, Sara Testoni7,11, Franca Fagioli5,6. 1. Unità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina Margherita, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126, Turin, Italy. celeste.cagnazzo@unito.it. 2. Dipartimento di Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy. celeste.cagnazzo@unito.it. 3. Gruppo Italiano Data Manager - CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy. celeste.cagnazzo@unito.it. 4. Oncologia Medica 1, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Molinette, Turin, Italy. 5. Unità di Ricerca e Sviluppo Clinico SC Oncoematologia Pediatrica, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Presidio Ospedaliero Infantile Regina Margherita, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126, Turin, Italy. 6. Dipartimento di Scienze della Sanità Pubblica e Pediatriche, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy. 7. Gruppo Italiano Data Manager - CRC, Meldola, FC, Italy. 8. Terapie Cellulari e Medicina Trasfusionale, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy. 9. SC Oncologia Falck, Niguarda Cancer Center, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy. 10. Clinica di Ematologia, AOU Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I, G.M. Lancisi, G. Salesi, Ancona, Italy. 11. Biostatistics and Clinical Trials Unit, IRCCS Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori (IRST) Dino Amadori, Meldola, FC, Italy. 12. UOSD Oncologia, AUSL Modena Area Sud Ospedale di Sassuolo (MO), Modena, Italy.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The burnout phenomenon has been extensively investigated among health care professionals, particularly focusing on physicians and nurses. However, literature concerning burnout in clinical research is poor and often neglects the other professional categories involved. METHODS: In March 2019, all members of Italian Group of Clinical Research Coordinator were invited to participate to a web survey, consisting of three sections: general information and workload; Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) test; subjective perception of oneself's work stress and possible causes. RESULTS: The majority of respondents felt a form of distress. The main source was contract type (31.2%), followed by workload (20.5%) and lack of skills recognition (17.8%). Results from MBI test confirmed the interviewees' subjective perception: an intermediate level of emotional exhaustion (19.1 points) and a very high sense of reduced professional achievement (26.8 points) were observed. Both depersonalization and sense of reduced professional achievement showed weak to moderate correlations with emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion was associated with contract type with high significance. CONCLUSION: It is necessary to act on those qualitative factors that are greatly increasing the level of perceived stress, jeopardizing the quality of clinical research coordinators work and significantly amplifying the phenomenon of migration towards the private sector.
BACKGROUND: The burnout phenomenon has been extensively investigated among health care professionals, particularly focusing on physicians and nurses. However, literature concerning burnout in clinical research is poor and often neglects the other professional categories involved. METHODS: In March 2019, all members of Italian Group of Clinical Research Coordinator were invited to participate to a web survey, consisting of three sections: general information and workload; Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) test; subjective perception of oneself's work stress and possible causes. RESULTS: The majority of respondents felt a form of distress. The main source was contract type (31.2%), followed by workload (20.5%) and lack of skills recognition (17.8%). Results from MBI test confirmed the interviewees' subjective perception: an intermediate level of emotional exhaustion (19.1 points) and a very high sense of reduced professional achievement (26.8 points) were observed. Both depersonalization and sense of reduced professional achievement showed weak to moderate correlations with emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion was associated with contract type with high significance. CONCLUSION: It is necessary to act on those qualitative factors that are greatly increasing the level of perceived stress, jeopardizing the quality of clinical research coordinators work and significantly amplifying the phenomenon of migration towards the private sector.
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Burnout; Clinical research; Depersonalization; Emotional exhaustion; Italy; Professional achievement
Authors: Tait D Shanafelt; Marilyn Raymond; Michael Kosty; Daniel Satele; Leora Horn; John Pippen; Quyen Chu; Helen Chew; William Benton Clark; Amy E Hanley; Jeff Sloan; William J Gradishar Journal: J Clin Oncol Date: 2014-03-10 Impact factor: 44.544
Authors: Tait D Shanafelt; William J Gradishar; Michael Kosty; Daniel Satele; Helen Chew; Leora Horn; Ben Clark; Amy E Hanley; Quyen Chu; John Pippen; Jeff Sloan; Marilyn Raymond Journal: J Clin Oncol Date: 2014-01-27 Impact factor: 44.544