Vagal and sympathetic activity in burnouts during a mentally demanding workday

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 583-590

  Zanstra, Ydwine J ^a   Schellekens, Jan M H ^b   Schaap, Cas ^b   Kooistra, Libbe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic control; Blood pressure; Burnout; Cardiovascular reactivity; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic vagal balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNOUT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; RESPIRATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; VAGUS NERVE; WORK;

EID: 33748067766     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000228012.38884.49     Document Type: Article

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