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This review pooled studies from 2007–2018 to measure how strongly burnout is related to depression and to anxiety. The authors found a moderate positive link with depression (r = 0.52) and a moderate link with anxiety (r = 0.46). They also report that measurement choice and study quality changed the…
This review pooled evidence from 25 studies and a meta-analysis of 9 studies with 26,916 people. It found that people with burnout had higher odds of cardiovascular problems: about 21% higher after statistical adjustment (OR 1.21) and about 27% higher using crude numbers (OR 1.27). Burnout was strongly linked to…
