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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Oct;22(5):511-27.
doi: 10.1023/a:1018661508593.

Teaching health-care providers coping: results of a two-year study

M M Rowe  1
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Clinical Trial

Teaching health-care providers coping: results of a two-year study

M M Rowe. J Behav Med. 1999 Oct.

Abstract

This study examined coping strategies and occupational burnout in a sample of 118 health-care providers. Subjects who participated in a 6-week program designed to improve coping reported significant short-term decreases in emotional exhaustion and lack of personal accomplishment, two dimensions of burnout. Subjects who received 1-hr coping "refresher" sessions at 5, 11, and 17 months showed consistent decreases in burnout throughout the 2-year period. However, those who did not receive the refresher sessions following the 6-week course showed only temporary improvement. Results indicate that health-care providers can be taught to employ adaptive coping strategies that improve levels of burnout, but long-term changes are achieved only through long-term coping training.

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