2014/12/05 by Taina Hintsa, Marko Elovainio, Markus Jokela +3 · 1 citation
Health Professions · #Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout #Workplace Health and Well-being #Health, psychology, and well-being
paper · doi:10.1177/1359105314559619
openalex publication_date 2014/12/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Burnout has been suggested to be related to depression. We examined the relationship between burnout and allostatic load, and whether this association is independent of psychological distress and depression. We measured burnout psychological distress, depression, and allostatic load in 3283 participants. Higher burnout (β = 0.06, p =0.003) and cynicism (β = 0.03, p = 0.031) and decreased professional efficacy (β = 0.03, p = 0.007) were related to higher allostatic load independent of age, sex, education, occupation and psychological distress. Depression, however, explained 60 percent of the association. Burnout is related to higher allostatic load, and this association partly overlaps with co-occurring depression.