Interventions in relation to occupational burnout: the population-based health 2000 study.
OBJECTIVE
To study participation in occupational and individual-focused interventions in relation to burnout.


METHODS
We used data from a questionnaire, structured interview, national register of psychopharmacological prescriptions, and the Composite International Diagnostic Interview in a nationally representative Finnish sample of 3276 employees (30 to 64 years).


RESULTS
When compared with employees free of burnout, the odds ratio of severe burnout for participation in occupational interventions was 0.41 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.26 to 0.65) and in individual-focused interventions 5.36 (95% CI = 3.14 to 9.17). Antidepressant prescriptions were 2.53 (95% CI = 1.04 to 6.15) times more common among those with severe burnout than among those without burnout after adjustment for depressive and anxiety disorders.


CONCLUSIONS
Employees with burnout were less often targets of occupational interventions but participated more in individual-focused interventions when compared with other employees. The use of antidepressants among employees with severe burnout was not fully explained by coexisting depressive or anxiety disorders.
Ahola
Kirsi
K
Centre of Expertise for Work Organizations, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland. kirsi.ahola@ttl.fi
Honkonen
Teija
T
Virtanen
Marianna
M
Kivimäki
Mika
M
Isometsä
Erkki
E
Aromaa
Arpo
A
Lönnqvist
Jouko
J
D000328:Adult; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D011613:Psychotherapy
D000928:Antidepressive Agents