Job Burnout and Occupational Stressors among Chinese Healthcare Professionals at County-Level Health Alliances

Yan Liu, Li Lu, Wen-Xin Wang, Shou Liu, Hong-Ru Chen, Xiang Gao, Ming-Yu Huang, Yong-Nian Liu, Yan-Ming Ren and Chao-Cai Wang
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Yan Liu: Department of Public Health, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Li Lu: Team IETO, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR U1219, INSERM, Université de Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
Wen-Xin Wang: Department of Public Health, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Shou Liu: Department of Public Health, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Hong-Ru Chen: Department of Public Health, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Xiang Gao: Health Development Research Center, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Ming-Yu Huang: Health Development Research Center, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Yong-Nian Liu: Health Development Research Center, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Yan-Ming Ren: Health Development Research Center, Medical College of Qinghai University, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China
Chao-Cai Wang: Department of Infection Disease, Qinghai Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Xining 810001, Qinghai, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: Background: This study aimed to examine the degrees of job burnout and occupational stressors and their associations among healthcare professionals from county-level health alliances in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in county-level health alliances in Qinghai Province, China, in November 2018. The Maslach Burnout Inventory—General Survey and the 38-item Chinese version of the “Scale for occupational stressors on clinicians” were used. Medical staff in four health alliances from two counties were invited to complete the questionnaire. Results: A total of 1052 (age: 34.06 ± 9.22 years, 79.1% females) healthcare professionals were included, 68.2% (95% CI: 65.2–71.0%) of the participants had job burnout symptoms. Occupational stressors had positive associations with moderate (OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.05–1.07) and serious (OR = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.13–1.19) level of job burnout. Stressors from vocational interest produced the greatest magnitude of odds ratio (OR = 1.76, 95% CI: 1.62–1.92) for serious degree of burnout, followed by doctor–patient relationship, interpersonal relationship as well as other domains of occupational stressors. Conclusions: Job burnout was very common among healthcare professionals working in Chinese county-level health alliances, different occupational stressors had associations with job burnout. Appropriate and effective policies and measures should be developed and implemented.

Keywords: job burnout; occupational stressors; healthcare professional; county-level health alliance; plateau area; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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