Arch Med Sci
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The development of burnout syndrome is conditioned by demographic variables, personality-related variables, ways of coping with difficulties and organizational/professional factors. Burnout is a psychological syndrome of emotional exhaustion and fatigue that may occur in people working with other people in certain ways. Understanding the role of global self-esteem and sociodemographic and work environment-related variables in the development of burnout syndrome in Polish nurses was the aim of this study. ⋯ Developing personal resources and deriving benefits from them may be important in the prevention of burnout syndrome. This study indicated the need to carry out preventive measures in the workplace to protect nurses from burnout.
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Results conflict on the association between the XRCC2 rs3218536 polymorphism and ovarian cancer risk, despite wide-ranging investigations. This meta-analysis examines whether the XRCC2 rs3218536 polymorphism is associated with ovarian cancer risk. ⋯ This meta-analysis shows that the XRCC2 rs3218536 polymorphism was associated with ovarian cancer risk overall for high quality studies. Non-Caucasian groups and high quality studies should be further studied.