The association between burnout and physical illness in the general population—results from the Finnish Health 2000 Study
Journal of Psychosomatic ResearchPublished 29 June 2006
Teija Honkonen, Kirsi Ahola, M. Pertovaara, Erkki Isometsä, Raija Kalimo, Erkki Nykyri
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Examination of the relationship between burnout and physical illness in a representative nationwide population health study in Finland found that burnout is associated with musculoskeletal diseases among women and with cardiovascular diseases among men.
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Burnout is associated with musculoskeletal diseases among women and with cardiovascular diseases among men. These associations are not explained by sociodemographic factors, health behavior, or depression. Physical illnesses are associated with all three dimensions of burnout and not only with the exhaustion dimension. In the future, the causal relationships between burnout and physical diseases need to be investigated in prospective studies.
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