When the stakes are high and the supports are low: emotional exhaustion among health professionals working in paediatric cardiac care
Health professionals providing paediatric cardiac care report emotional exhaustion, which can adversely affect both personal and professional well-being. Identification of correlates can inform the design of targeted initiatives to address mental health needs.
Authors
- Michelle A. Farrar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4472-0902)
- Madeleine Pidcock
- Andrew Weatherall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6070-9466)
- Nadine A. Kasparian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8075-6817)
- Farah Akram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7163-4196)
- Gary Sholler
- Jennifer Reiter-Purtill
- Annabel E. Webb
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (AU)
- University of Cincinnati Medical Center (US)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiology in the Young
- Published
- 2026-03-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951125111098
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- National Heart Foundation of Australia
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council