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The importance of mental and physical health is crucial, as it not only affects the quality of individual life, but also influences their behavior and performance at work. The role of burnout and depression is of particular importance in research. Burnout is most often associated with helping occupations, such as healthcare.

We used a questionnaire method. Burnout was measured using the BAT-C and BAT-S questionnaires, and depression was measured using the Beck Depression Scale and the Male Depression Risk Assessment Scale, so both types of depression could be examined.

According to our N=254 sample, the reliability and validity indicators of the BAT questionnaire in a healthcare sample proved to be adequate. Burnout and depression are positively correlated with each other. Women are more likely to experience emotional suppression, exhaustion, and symptomatic appearance of burnout. Decreased emotions and psychological symptoms predict depression. Masculine depression is also characterized by somatic symptoms.

Burnout is closely related to depressive symptoms and various dimensions of burnout. Burnout not only causes mental and physical exhaustion, loss of motivation and concentration difficulties, but can also be accompanied by sleep disorders, anxiety, somatic complaints (e.g. headache, stomach and muscle pain), and these are already a pre cursor to depression. Regular screening with burnout and depression questionnaires is important for prevention and intervention, especially in those who have problems expressing emotions, suppressing emotions, and increased psycho logical or somatic symptoms.