Open AccessThe Longitudinal Association of Reduced Vagal Tone With Burnout
Author(s) -
Magdalena Wekenborg,
LaBarron K. Hill,
Julian F. Thayer,
Marlene Penz,
Ralf Arne Wittling,
Clemens Kirschbaum
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychosomatic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.62
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1534-7796
pISSN - 0033-3174
DOI - 10.1097/psy.0000000000000750
Subject(s) - burnout , heart rate variability , vagal tone , longitudinal study , emotional exhaustion , psychology , body mass index , medicine , clinical psychology , heart rate , blood pressure , pathology
Previous research indicates a link between burnout symptoms and reduced vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV); however, the directionality of this relationship is still largely unknown. The objective of the present study was to examine the longitudinal relationship between HRV and burnout symptoms for 1 year, with a special focus on the emotional exhaustion (EE) burnout subdimension, which remains inadequately distinguished from overlapping with depressive symptoms.