Association of empathy and occupational stress with burnout among primary health care professionals

Abstract

There are indications that burnout syndrome affects primary health care (PHC) professionals. The scope of this study was to investigate the association of empathy and occupational stress with the burnout of PHC professionals. A total of 348 workers filled out an an online assessment including occupational stress, empathy, and burnout scales. The empathetic-concern and perspec-tive-taking empathy dimensions were negatively correlated with burnout (p