Burnout is a work-related mental and physical syndrome resulting from long-term exposure to emotional and interpersonal stressors. The health of Medical Laboratory Professionals may be affected by prolonged exposure to massive stress, despite widely prevalent burnout but a few studies about the specific patterns of burnout in this profession. Purpose: This study aimed to assess the magnitude of burnout and its associated factors among Medical Laboratory Professionals in public hospitals of Jimma zone, southwest Ethiopia, from May 1 - June 1, 2022. Patients and methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted, on 153 study participants. Data collection was done using a pretested self-administered questionnaire. Data were verified, encoded, entered with EPI INFO Version 7, and analyzed using SPSS Version 21.0. Descriptive statistics were analyzed through cross-tabulation. Further, bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were computed to identify predictor variables significantly associated with the outcome variable. All variables with p-value ≤ 0.25 in bivariate analysis were entered into the multivariable logistic regression model to adjust possible confounders. Finally, variables with a p-value of <0.05 in the final analysis, were considered to explain the presence of association. Results: A total of 153 participants were included in this study. The majority, 89(58.2%) were aged less than 29 years with a mean ±SD (29.95 ± 4.2). Forty-six (30.1%) reported suffering from a high level of burnout. In the multivariate logistic regression analysis, smoking a cigarette for several days [(AOR =1.74, 95% CI (0.94 to 3.91)], abuse of drugs [(AOR= 0.083, 95% CI (0.034-0.247)], lack of adequate sleep [(AOR= 0.237, 95% CI (0.098-0.643)], not having a family relationship [(AOR= 4.73, 95% CI (1.82-7.324)], demonstrated a statistically significant association with the burnout. Conclusion and recommendations: According to the findings of this study, drinking alcohol, abuse of drugs, smoking cigarettes for several days, lack of adequate sleep, and not having a family relationship were significant predictor variables for burnout in MLPs. These findings contribute to further research with larger sample sizes and the establishment of interventions to improve the mental health and well-being of MLPs
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