Three Dimensions Of Burnout Analysis

Implications of Imbalance Burnout, a concept developed by Maslach (2003), is comprised of three dimensions including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Multiple authors explored the concept of burnout as applied to occupational therapists’ experience and have described its three dimensions (Balogun et al., 2002; Bassett & Lloyd, 2001; Edwards & Dirette, 2010; Gupta et al. 2012; Painter et al., 2003; Poulsen et al., 2014). Emotional exhaustion is extreme emotional and psychological fatigue that leaves an individual overwhelmed and depleted. Depersonalization, alternatively known as cynicism (Gupta el al., 2012; Poulsen et al., 2014), involves an individual experiencing a negative or detached …show more content…
The importance of professional resilience, identity, and occupation-based practice was studied through interviews with nine community-based and inpatient mental health occupational therapists using the PRIOrity model, which emphasizes these three components enable and support one another (Ashby, Ryan, Gray, & James, 2013). Professional resilience is described as the ability of an individual to persist through difficult times and emerge in a state of good health and well-being. Ashby et al. (2013) concluded professional resilience as comprehensive and strongly correlated to the level of professional identity one reports. Both professional resilience and identity are further enhanced when occupational therapists have opportunities to utilize concepts and theories specific to the profession when engaging in occupation-based practice with clients. Using occupational therapy concepts and theories assists in bridging the gap between occupational therapists and other healthcare professions by clarifying their role and allowing them to feel recognized and understood, increasing professional identity. Bridging this gap could reduce burnout as Edwards and Dirette, (2010) indicated a lack of professional identity leads to …show more content…
Training and providing appropriate managerial staff (Bassett & Lloyd, 2001), advocating and supporting individuals’ work-life balance, and provide challenging yet rewarding workloads to develop higher workplace retention and increase job satisfaction (Bassett & Lloyd, 2001; Scanlan et al., 2013) are among strategies for reducing work-related stress and burnout. Scanlan et al. (2013) stated if employers focus attention on increasing job satisfaction within mental health settings evidence demonstrates strong correlation between enhanced overall well-being of individual occupational therapists and workplace