Feeling exhausted: How outpatient physical therapists perceive and manage job stressors.
Jeffrey J FergusonAdam FritschCasey RentmeesterDerek J ClewleyJodi L YoungPublished in: Musculoskeletal care (2023)
Outpatient physical therapists in this study felt that increased workload with a lack of incentives and inequity, coupled with a loss of control, and a mismatch between personal and organizational values were significant job stressors. Creating awareness of outpatient physical therapist's perceived stressors may play an important role in developing strategies to diminish or prevent burnout.