Executive function performance is reduced during occupational burnout but can recover to the level of healthy controls

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1824-1830

  Beck, Johannes ^a   Gerber, Markus ^a   Brand, Serge ^a   Pühse, Uwe ^a   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Burnout; Cognitive performance; Executive function performance; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BURNOUT; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION PERFORMANCE; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84884415627     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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