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Health care worker burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey study in Saudi Arabia
Loui K Alsulimani1, Abdulrahman M Farhat1, Renad A Borah1
1From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Objectives:
To estimate the prevalence of burnout among health care workers (HCWs) who are working in Saudi Arabia during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and explore individual and work-related factors associated with burnout in this population.
Methods:
In this cross-sectional study conducted between June to August of 2020, we invited HCWs through social channels to complete a questionnaire. The questionnaire inquired about demographics, factors related to burnout, and used the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory scale to indicate burnout. A total of 646 HCWs participated.
Results:
The mean (SD) age of participants was 34.1 (9.5) years. Sixty-one percent were female. The prevalence of burnout among HCWs was 75%. Significant factors associated with burnout were age, job title, years of experience, increased working hours during the pandemic, average hours of sleep per day, exposure to patients with COVID-19, number of times tested for COVID-19, and perception of being pushed to deal with COVID-19 patients.
Conclusion:
Health care workers as frontline workers, face great challenges during this pandemic, because of the nature of their work. Efforts should be made to promote psychological resilience for HCWs during pandemics. This study points out the factors that should be invested in and the factors that may not be influential.
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