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Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 18, No. 5, 305-312 (2002)

Burnout: How Sonographers and Vascular Technologists React to Chronic Stress

Julie M. Daugherty

Burnout is an individual's reaction to chronic stress.Using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, this studysurveyed a sample of sonographers and vasculartechnologists in the state of Tennessee. The objectivesof the study were to (1)determine whetherthere is a relationship of individual demographiccharacteristics, job-related variables, and/or career-relatedvariables to the 3sequential stages of burn-out;(2)determine at what levels do sonographersand vascular technologists experience burnout com-paredto a national norm; and (3)determine whethersonographers and vascular technologists could identifymethods of diminishing chronic stress in theworkplace environment. Statistical analysis indicatedthat sonographers and vascular technologistsexperience moderate levels of all 3 sequential stagesof burnout.

Key Words: occupational burnout • sonographer • chronic stress • vascular technologist


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