Controlled interventions to reduce burnout in physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Maria Panagioti; Efharis Panagopoulou; Peter Bower; George Lewith; Evangelos Kontopantelis; Carolyn Chew-Graham; Shoba Dawson; Harm van Marwijk; Keith Geraghty; Aneez Esmail

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Controlled interventions to reduce burnout in physicians: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

December 21, 2016

Panagioti M, Panagopoulou E, Bower P, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(2):195-205.

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Burnout among physicians is common. One survey study found that more than half of physicians reported at least one or more symptoms of burnout. This systematic review and meta-analysis found that although interventions designed to mitigate burnout among physicians seem to yield small benefits, the impact was greater when interventions were directed at the organizational level.

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