Burnout Status at Work among Health Care Professionals in aTertiary Hospital

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Burnout is a physical, physiological and psychological stress reaction syndromeCaused by long-term exposure to intense work-related emotional and interpersonal pressures. There isno evidence on the issue in Ethiopian setting.METHODS: An institution based cross-sectional study design was conducted on 403 health careproviders. Burnout was detected using Copenhagen’s burnout inventory tool. Other structuredquestionnaire on work-related condition and substance use habits was used to collect data. Binarylogistic regression was used to identify the associated factors of burnout at work.RESULT: Of all the study participants, 36.7% scored above the mean level of burnout. Highestprevalence (82.8%) of burnout status was found among nurses. The least prevalence of burnout wasobserved among laboratory technicians which was 2.8% (n=4). Job insecurity, history of physical illness,low interest in profession, poor relationship status with managers, worry of contracting infection orillness and physical/verbal abuse were found to be predictors of burnout.CONCLUSION: The prevalence of burnout at work was found to be high. The predictors were jobinsecurity, history of physical illness, low interest in profession, poor relationship status with managers,worry of contracting infection or illness and physical/verbal abuse.