Diego Gonzalez, Federico Fortuna, Carolina Ibar, Dario Jacobsen, Juan Jamardo, Eliana Duarte, Silvia Iglesias, Diego Sanchez Gelos, Viviana Mesch, Damian Zopatti, Gabriela Berg, Sergio Azzara and Dra Bibiana Fabre*
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Dates: Received: 2022-02-02 | Accepted: 2022-02-04 | Published: 2022-02-05
Pages: 146-148
Abstract
In this research the relationship between hair cortisol and burnout was evaluated through the study of third-variables effect. Hair cortisol concentration was measured in 234 health workers. All participants completed perceived stress survey and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Our results showed that 40% of volunteers presented altered hair cortisol values, 12% burnout, 33% showed high depersonalization, 38% high emotional fatigue, 36% low personal fulfillment and 22% presented 2 of the 3 burnout components. A moderated mediation was found between psychological and biological variables. This research highlights the importance of including a biological variable such as hair cortisol in burnout assessment.
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Gonzalez D, Fortuna F, Ibar C, Jacobsen D, Jamardo J Duarte E, Iglesias S, Gelos DS, Mesch V, Zopatti D, Berg G, Azzara S, Fabre DB. A Moderated Mediation Analysis between Burnout Components and Hair Cortisol. J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2022 Feb 05; 3(2): 146-148. doi: 10.37871/jbres1412, Article ID: JBRES1412, Available at: https://www.jelsciences.com/articles/jbres1412.pdf
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