title: [Burnout syndrome: a "true" cardiovascular risk factor].
abstract: The burnout syndrome is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment in individuals professionally involved with others. The burnout syndrome is poorly recognized, particularly in France, as a distinct nosology from adaptation troubles, stress, depression, or anxiety. Several tools quantifying burnout and emotional exhaustion exist, the most spread is the questionnaire called Maslach Burnout Inventory. The burnout syndrome alters cardiovascular function and its neuroregulation by autonomic nervous system and is associated with: increased sympathetic tone to heart and vessels after mental stress, lowered physiological post-stress vagal rebound to heart, and lowered arterial baroreflex sensitivity. Job strain as burnout syndrome seems to be a real independent cardiovascular risk factor. Oppositely, training to manage emotions could increase vagal tone to heart and should be cardio-protective.
authors.affiliation: AP-HM, Timone, service de médecine et santé au travail, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cursoux
authors.forename: Marie-Pascale
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lehucher-Michel
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chaumet
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delliaux
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000503:physiopathology; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013577:Syndrome