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

Torki Al-Otaibi; Ahmad Abbas; Osama Ashry Gheith; Prasad Nair; Mohamed A. Zahab; Mryhan A.A. Hammouda; Mahmoud M. Farid; Reem M. Aljowaie; Noorah A. AlKubaisi; Eman Fouad Mohamed; Arshad Mehmood Abassi; Yasmine H. Eisa

Journal of King Saud University: Science (Jan 2023)

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

Torki Al-Otaibi,
Ahmad Abbas,
Osama Ashry Gheith,
Prasad Nair,
Mohamed A. Zahab,
Mryhan A.A. Hammouda,
Mahmoud M. Farid,
Reem M. Aljowaie,
Noorah A. AlKubaisi,
Eman Fouad Mohamed,
Arshad Mehmood Abassi,
Yasmine H. Eisa

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Torki Al-Otaibi: The Nephrology Department, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Sabah Area, Kuwait
Ahmad Abbas: The Nephrology Department, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Sabah Area, Kuwait; Chest Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt; Corresponding author at: The Nephrology Department, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Sabah Area, Kuwait.
Osama Ashry Gheith: The Nephrology Department, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Sabah Area, Kuwait; Department of Dialysis and Transplantation, Urology Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Prasad Nair: The Nephrology Department, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Sabah Area, Kuwait
Mohamed A. Zahab: The Nephrology Department, Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Ibn Sina Hospital, Sabah Area, Kuwait
Mryhan A.A. Hammouda: Lecturer of Industrial Medicine and Occupational Health, Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Mahmoud M. Farid: Clinical Pathology Specialist, National Blood Transfusion Services, Egypt; Health Care Management Consultant, Technical Office, MOH, Kuwait
Reem M. Aljowaie: Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Noorah A. AlKubaisi: Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Eman Fouad Mohamed: Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
Arshad Mehmood Abassi: Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, 22060, Pakistan; University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, 9, 12042 Pollenzo, Italy
Yasmine H. Eisa: Community Medicine Department, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine October 6 University, Giza, Egypt

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 35, no. 1
p. 102441

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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.

Published in Journal of King Saud University: Science

ISSN: 1018-3647 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Saudi Arabia
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General)
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-king-saud-university-science/

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