Burnout levels and associated factors among Intensive Care Unit workers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile: A cross-sectional study / Niveles de Burnout y factores asociados en trabajadores de la unidad de cuidados intensivos en la primera ola de la pandemia COVID-19 en Chile: estudio transversal
Medwave
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23(8): e2720, 29-09-2023.
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Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an unpredictable healthcare crisis with a high psychological burden on healthcare workers. Objective To evaluate burnout levels and their associated demographics and occupational factors among intensive care unit healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a single hospital in the city of Temuco, Chile. Methods A cross-sectional design in which a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Maslach Burnout Inventory for Human Services were sent to health care workers in a single Chilean Intensive Care Unit during the pandemic COVID-19. Burnout levels, demographic, and occupational factors are reported using descriptive statistics; correlations between burnout levels and demographic-occupational factors were analyzed using Spearman's and rank-biserial correlation coefficients; and multiple linear stepwise regression was used to assess the contribution of demographic and occupational factors to participants' burnout levels. Results A total of 84 participants (46 women and 38 men) were included in the analysis. Depersonalization and low personal accomplishment were evidenced in 95.2% and 98.8% of the intensive care unit healthcare workers, respectively. Emotional exhaustion was positively correlated with having children ( = 0.72; < 0.01). Age ( = 0.79; < 0.05), sex ( = 0.30; < 0.05), and prior experience in intensive care unit facilities ( = 0.71; < 0.05) were correlated with depersonalization. Feeling of personal accomplishment was positively correlated with with sex ( = 0.70; < 0.05) and type of work shift ( = 0.29; < 0.01). Conclusions The intensive care unit healthcare workers in this study reported high levels of depersonalization and low feelings of personal accomplishment during an advanced stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Older age, being female, having children, having intensive care unit experience, and working at 4th shift were factors related to burnout dimensions.
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Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
English
Journal:
Medwave
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2023
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Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Mayor, Temuco 4780000, Chile/CL
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Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, 4780000, Chile/CL
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Instituto de Salud Pública, Universidad Andrés Bello, Concepción 4030000, Chile/CL
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Laboratorio de Investigación Clínica en Kinesiología. Departamento de Kinesiología, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca 3460000, Chile/CL
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Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, Complejo Asistencial Padre Las Casas, Padre Las Casas 4850000, Chile/CL
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