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Determinants, predictors and negative impacts of burnout among health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic

Al-Otaibi T 1 , Abbas A 1 , Ashry Gheith O 1 , Nair P 1 , Zahab MA 1 , Hammouda MAA 2 Show all authors , Farid MM 3 , Aljowaie RM 4 , AlKubaisi NA 4 , Mohamed EF 5 , Abassi AM 6 , Eisa YH 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 The Nephrology Department, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Sabah Area, Kuwait
  • 2 Lecturer of Industrial Medicine and Occupational Health, Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
  • 3 Clinical Pathology Specialist, National Blood Transfusion Services, Egypt
  • 4 Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
  • 5 Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
  • 6 Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, 22060, Pakistan
  • 7 Community Medicine Department, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine October 6 University, Giza, Egypt
J King Saud Univ Sci, 2023 Jan;35(1):102441.
PMID: 36405649 DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2022.102441

Abstract

The first defense line of the battle, healthcare workers (HCWs), faces a significant challenge in managing the current COVID-19 pandemic. An online electronic survey was sent to HCWs via email and social media networks. Socio-demographic data and work environment-related variables were assessed. Consequences of burnout (BO) were reported, e.g., elicited medical errors. Maslach burnout inventory was used to diagnose BO. Two hundred and eighty-four participants were included with a mean age of 39.83 ± 7.34 years, 70.8% worked in the COVID-19 frontline, 91.9% were followed daily updates about COVID-19, 63.7% were not satisfied with the coordination between triage and isolation, 64.4% got COVID-19 infection, 91.9% had a colleague or family member developed COVID-19 infection, and 21.5% experienced a colleague /a family member died due to COVID-19. Multivariate analysis by linear regression revealed that; working as a frontline HCW (OR 1.28, CI = 0.14-2.55) and sleep deprivation (OR 3.93, CI = 1.88-8.22) were the predictors of burnout.

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