title: A biopsychosocial perspective to the burnout of Korean workers with diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test a model in which biological and psychosocial factors associated with diabetes contribute to burnout in workers with diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a cross-sectional design, job burnout was related to positive affect, level of diabetes (ie, HbA1c), stress from diabetes, and health-to-work conflict. The model was tested by structural equation modeling using data of 156 Korean employees with diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Diabetes-related stress and health-work conflict, influenced by HbA1c and positive affect, were associated with job burnout, even controlling for health-related variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study supports the biopsychosocial model of interactions between psychosocial and biological factors and progression of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Psychology, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea. tyounghan@kw.ac.kr
authors.forename: Tae Young
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007723:Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D011584:Psychology; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin