title: [Prevalence of personal exhaustion in the general population in Germany and its coherences towards further psychosomatic disorders].
abstract: The delineated mental and somatic symptoms in the context of burnout have to be seen as serious health complaints. Exhaustion is one of the symptoms in this context. The present study focuses the prevalence of exhaustion symptoms (assessed with a screeninger for mental wellbeing) in the German general population and the correlation with anxiety and depression as well as further symptoms that co-occur. For this purpose, data of 2 433 persons from a population-based representative sample were analysed. After setting a cut-off point the results reveal that 6% of the population show serious mental impairments, which can be interpreted as a exhaustion prevalence rate. Moreover, the results imply clear relationships of exhaustion and other symptoms as well as mental and somatic impairments and the intake of pharmaceuticals.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universität Leipzig, Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße 55, Leipzig. yve.stoebel-richter@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Yve
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Stöbel-Richter
authors.forename: Isolde
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Daig
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brähler
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zenger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult