Burnout syndrome as an occupational disease in the European Union: an exploratory study

The risk of psychological disorders influencing the health of workers increases in accordance with growing requirements on employees across various professions. This study aimed to compare approaches to the burnout syndrome in European countries. A questionnaire focusing on stress-related occupation...

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Published in:Industrial Health 2018/01/31, Vol.56(2), pp.160-165
Main Authors: LASTOVKOVA, Andrea, CARDER, Melanie, RASMUSSEN, Hans Martin, SJOBERG, Lars, GROENE, Gerda J. de, SAUNI, Riitta, VEVODA, Jiri, VEVODOVA, Sarka, LASFARGUES, Gerard, SVARTENGREN, Magnus, VARGA, Marek, COLOSIO, Claudio, PELCLOVA, Daniela
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Language:English
Subjects:
Burnout
Burnout syndrome
Compensation
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Environmental law
Environmental legislation
Health aspects
Job stress
Legislation
Mental disorders
Occupational diseases
Occupational health
Prevention
Psychosocial stress
Short Communication
Stress concentration
Working conditions
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Summary:The risk of psychological disorders influencing the health of workers increases in accordance with growing requirements on employees across various professions. This study aimed to compare approaches to the burnout syndrome in European countries. A questionnaire focusing on stress-related occupational diseases was distributed to national experts of 28 European Union countries. A total of 23 countries responded. In 9 countries (Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden) burnout syndrome may be acknowledged as an occupational disease. Latvia has burnout syndrome explicitly included on the List of ODs. Compensation for burnout syndrome has been awarded in Denmark, France, Latvia, Portugal and Sweden. Only in 39% of the countries a possibility to acknowledge burnout syndrome as an occupational disease exists, with most of compensated cases only occurring in recent years. New systems to collect data on suspected cases have been developed reflecting the growing recognition of the impact of the psychosocial work environment. In agreement with the EU legislation, all EU countries in the study have an action plan to prevent stress at the workplace.
ISSN:0019-8366
1880-8026
1880-8026
DOI:10.2486/indhealth.2017-0132