Abstract
The burnout syndrome arises under the strain of chronic stress from long-term psychological exhaustion, with ever-increasing demands on work performance and shrinking free time. The main symptoms are exhaustion, anxiety, apathy and decreased performance.
It is particularly noticeable for doctors and medical staff. Doctors are tired, heavily demotivated, cease to see meaning in their work and lose interest in their subject, they are excited and negativistic, they lose the ability to experience the joy of work, the patients are beginning to bother them more and more.
Excessive workloads and shorter rest periods also have a significant impact on the quality of work. Staff are becoming grumpy to patients, rising risk and rising numbers of errors.
Research shows that the incidence of mistakes in these doctors is up to sixfold. Mental soreness, such as headaches, stomachs and digestive problems, insomnia, and weight gain or weight reduction, will begin to add to mental exhaustion.
A very important factor contributing to our country's burnout syndrome, in particular in our country, is a totally inadequate reward for this highly demanding job. Significantly higher salaries, which assess the work of healthcare professionals in other countries, can at least partially offset the hardship associated with burnout syndrome and prevent or at least delay its occurrence.