Evaluating Medical Staff's Burnout and its Related Factor during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study of Daran Shahid Rajaee Hospital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

2 MSc Students in Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

3 Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Faculty of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to determine the medical staff's burnout level and its related factors at Daran Shahid Rajaee Hospital. Materials and Methods: The total number of participants was 145 medical staff who participated in this cross-sectional study. Data were collected employing such various instruments as demographic information questionnaires, general health questionnaires, job satisfaction (JS), and Maslach burnout inventory. Then, the researcher analyzed the data with correlation, t-tests, and variance by using the SPSS software version 26. Results: The findings indicated that 79% of the medical staff suffer from high burnout level. The results showed that the correlation between burnout levels and JS was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Moreover, the correlation of depersonalization levels with marital status, age, work experience, and type of employment was significant (P < 0.001) as well. Conclusion: The results indicated that, during the pandemic of COVID-19, the medical staff's burnout was at a high level. Interestingly, on the emotional exhaustion scale, the medical staff burnout was more than other burnout levels requiring organizational interventions to lessen medical staff burnout.

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Volume 2022, November
November 2022
Pages 1-5
  • Receive Date: 23 August 2022
  • Revise Date: 10 November 2022
  • Accept Date: 18 November 2022