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Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout Health Professions JMIR mhealth and uhealth

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Physician Anxiety and Burnout: Symptom Correlates and a Prospective Pilot Study of App-Delivered Mindfulness Training

Alexandra Roy, Susan Druker, Elizabeth A. Hoge, Judson A. Brewer
JMIR mhealth and uhealth Summary & key facts 2020 56 citations

This small, nonrandomized pilot study gave a 30-day app-based mindfulness program (about 10 minutes per day) to 34 physicians who reported anxiety. Average anxiety scores fell by 48% after 1 month and by 57% after 3 months. Measures of burnout (cynicism and emotional exhaustion) were correlated with anxiety and also…

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