title: The prevalence of burnout in health professionals working in palliative care: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective of this review is to examine the evidence on the prevalence of burnout among health professionals working in palliative care.More specifically, the review focuses on the following questions: What is the prevalence of burnout among health professionals working in palliative care? Is there a difference in the prevalence of burnout in different subgroups of health professionals working in palliative care (such as, but not limited to, nurses, physicians, social workers, psychologists)? Is there a difference in the prevalence of burnout among health professionals working in different contexts of palliative care (palliative care units, home care, hospices)?
authors.affiliation: 1Nursing School of Coimbra (ESEnfC), Coimbra, Portugal 2Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, GESEC, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain 3Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain 4Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal Centre for Evidence-Based Practice: a Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Vitor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coelho
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gea-Sanchez
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blanco-Blanco
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Apóstolo
mesh_terms: D002055:Burnout, Professional; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010820:Physicians; D015995:Prevalence; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic