title: Burnout hazard in teachers results of a clinical-psychological intervention study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The study investigates whether established in-patient therapy for teachers with burnout results in long-acting success and whether gender gaps and differences between teachers of different school levels exist. According to our knowledge, our study is the most extensive inpatient intervention study on the burnout of a defined occupational group, i.e., teachers.
  
  
  METHODS
  200 teachers participated, 150 took part in a later performed katamnestic survey.The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used and work-related data were recorded. The days of incapacity for work and the percentage of teachers endangered by burnout decreased, which supports the long-term success of the treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant differences between males and females and between teacher levels were found. However, the differences between teacher levels only showed up before treatment. Because males only underwent treatment at a more severe stage, further efforts in persuading males to start therapy earlier are needed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proven and long-term success of the performed intervention could have greater effects if people, especially males, undergo treatment more frequently. Our results are based on selectively high proposition of teachers of advanced age. Thus it is possible that the long term effect of the intervention, particularly on retirement age, is greater when the intervention is started earlier. Regular burnout tests could help to identify risk cases among teachers at an early stage and to offer a therapeutic intervention.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Seewartenstrasse 10, 20459 Hamburg, Germany. ralf.wegner@bgv.hamburg.de.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wegner
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Poschadel
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Manuwald
authors.forename: Xaver
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Baur