Diagnosis and treatment of occupational burnout in the Swiss outpatient sector: A national survey of healthcare professionals' attributes and attitudes.

We aimed to describe the attributes and attitudes of Swiss health professionals who treat persons with occupational burnout (POB) in the outpatient sector and explore associated determinants. The study design was descriptive cross-sectional survey, distributed to the 16,883 general practitioners (GP), psychiatrist-psychotherapists (PP), occupational physicians (OP) and psychologists registered in the Swiss Medical Association, the Swiss Federation of Psychologists, and other specialized associations. Using an online questionnaire, we identified professionals who consult and treat POB, their attributes, volume of POB consultations, diagnostics and treatment modalities and outcomes (OB severity, average proportion of POB who returned to work and who relapsed).

[Primary care and suffering at work situations].

Work is a social determinant of health. When it is adapted to the worker, its effects on health are beneficial. Unhealthy working conditions, with inadequate or absent management of psychosocial risk factors, can have negative consequences on workers' health.