Emotional burnout syndrome among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to society. Supporting the mental health of medical personnel was a critical public health concern. Throughout the pandemic, many tragic deaths from suicide were reported. Consequently, attention to the well-being of healthcare professionals worldwide has become imperative for proper support and monitoring. The specificity of professional activity, which involves risk and situations of uncertainty, contributes to the formation of special forms of protective coping behavior in health care professionals. Nurses approach the problem situation rationally, strive to maintain control over their actions and the situation, and keep their attention on the goals of the activity. They consider the problem as a situation for personal growth, analyze the problem situation and make conscious attempts to get out of it.

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Vladimir V. Maslyakov

FSBEI HE «Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky». V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Author for correspondence.
Email: maslyakov@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6652-9140

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Mobilization Preparation of Public Health and Disaster Medicine

Russian Federation, Saratov

Yulia N. Khromoykina

FSBEI HE «Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky». V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: khromoikina@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-3741-7781

4th year student of the Faculty of Medicine

Russian Federation, Saratov

Alexander N. Onishchenko

FSBEI HE «Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky». V.I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Email: prof-fiz@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6804-7241

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Professor Department of Mobilization Preparation of Public Health and Disaster Medicine

Russian Federation, Saratov

Irina V. Romanova

Private Institution Educational Organization of Higher Education «Medical University «Reaviz»

Email: rishka25@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2963-2231

Assistant, Department of Rehabilitation and Nursing

Russian Federation, Samara

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