Burnout Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Care Professionals at Assiut University Hospitals, 2020

Shimaa A. Elghazally, Atef F. Alkarn, Hussein Elkhayat, Ahmed K. Ibrahim and Mariam Roshdy Elkhayat
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Shimaa A. Elghazally: Occupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Assiut University, Asyut 715715, Egypt
Atef F. Alkarn: Chest Disease Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut 715715, Egypt
Hussein Elkhayat: Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut 715715, Egypt
Ahmed K. Ibrahim: Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Asyut 715715, Egypt
Mariam Roshdy Elkhayat: Occupational and Environmental Medicine Department, Assiut University, Asyut 715715, Egypt

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: Background: burnout syndrome is a serious and growing problem among medical staff. Its adverse outcomes not only affect health-care providers’ health, but also extend to their patients, resulting in bad-quality care. The COVID-19 pandemic puts frontline health-care providers at greater risk of psychological stress and burnout syndrome. Objectives: this study aimed to identify the levels of burnout among health-care professionals currently working at Assiut University hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: the current study adopted an online cross-sectional design using the SurveyMonkey ® website for data collection. A total of 201 physicians were included and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) scale was used to assess the three burnout syndrome dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. Results: about one-third, two-thirds, and one-quarter of the respondents had high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment, respectively. Younger, resident, and single physicians reported higher burnout scores. The personal accomplishment score was significantly higher among males. Those working more than eight hours/day and dealing with COVID-19 patients had significantly higher scores. Conclusion: during the COVID-19 pandemic, a high prevalence of burnout was recorded among physicians. Age, job title, working duration, and working hours/day were significant predictors for burnout syndrome subscale results. Preventive and interventive programs should be applied in health-care organizations during pandemics.

Keywords: burnout syndrome; Maslach Burnout Inventory; COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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