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Vagal and Sympathetic Activity in Burnouts During a Mentally Demanding Workday

Ydwine J. Zanstra, Jan M. H. Schellekens, PhD, Cas Schaap, PhD and Libbe Kooistra, PhD

From the University of Aberdeen, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, School of Psychology, Aberdeen (Y.J.Z.); University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands (J.M.H.S., C.S.); Department of Pediatrics, Behavioural Research Unit, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (L.K.).


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  		Figure 1. Mean reaction time (and SE) in the pretest (left), the lunch test (middle), and the posttest (right). (Diamonds for results of burnout group; crosses for controls.)

 

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  		Figure 2. Percentage of errors (and SE) in the pretest (left), the lunch test (middle), and the posttest (right). (Diamonds for results of burnout group; crosses for controls.)

 

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  		Figure 3. Mean number (and SE) of omissions in the pretest (left), the lunch test (middle), and the posttest (right). (Diamonds for results of burnout group; crosses for controls.)

 

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  		Figure 4. Mean blood pressure (task-rest and rest) in the pretest (left), the lunch test (middle), and the post- test (right). (Diamonds for results of burnout group; crosses for controls.)

 

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  		Figure 5. High-frequency band of heart-rate variability (rest-task) in the pretest (left), the lunch test (middle), and the posttest (right). The higher the rest-task difference, the more suppression of HF-HRV (to interpret as less vagal activity) in comparison with the rest. (Diamonds for results of burnout group; crosses for controls.)

 

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  		Figure 6. Interbeat interval of heart activity (rest-task and rest) in the pretest (left), the lunch test, and the posttest (right). (Diamonds for results of burnout group; crosses for controls.)

 




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