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Descriptor English: Burnout, Professional
Descriptor Spanish: Agotamiento Profesional
Descriptor desgaste profesional
Entry term(s) agotamiento profesional
Scope note: Reacción de estrés excesiva al entorno ocupacional o profesional. Puede manifestarse por sentimientos de agotamiento emocional y físico junto con sensación de frustración y fracaso.
Descriptor Portuguese: Esgotamento Profissional
Descriptor French: Épuisement professionnel
Entry term(s): Burnout, Career
Burnout, Occupational
Career Burnout
Occupational Burnout
Professional Burnout
Tree number(s): C24.580.500
F01.145.126.990.367.500
F02.830.900.333.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002055
Scope note: An excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It may be characterized by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion, coupled with a sense of frustration and failure.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Stress, Psychological (1969-1982)
Public MeSH Note: 1990; see STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL 1983-1989
History Note: 1990 (1983); use STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL 1983-1989
DeCS ID: 2087
Unique ID: D002055
NLM Classification: WA 495
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1982/04/27
Revision Date: 2018/01/16
Burnout, Professional - Preferred
Concept UI M0003063
Scope note An excessive stress reaction to one's occupational or professional environment. It may be characterized by feelings of emotional and physical exhaustion, coupled with a sense of frustration and failure.
Preferred term Burnout, Professional
Entry term(s) Burnout, Career
Burnout, Occupational
Career Burnout
Occupational Burnout
Professional Burnout



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