Burnout among doctors and nurses at university of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, South-South Nigeria

Ozumba, Lillian N.; Alabere, Ibidabo David

doi:10.4103/amhs.amhs_32_19

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“…Considering the respective categories of healthcare workers, doctors appeared to have experienced significantly higher degree of burnout than their colleagues, including nurses, on emotional exhaustion subscale. This finding agreed with the report by another Nigerian study [9]. However, some other studies found higher degree of burnout in nurses compared to other healthcare workers [22][23][24][25].…”

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confidence: 92%

“…A prevalence of 35.5%, in this study, for high level of burnout among the health workers was lower than values reported by some other similar Nigerian studies [8,9]. One of the studies was conducted among nurses only, while the second study excluded other categories of health workers.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Studies have found high prevalence of burnout syndrome in both western and developing countries, with society rates range from 2.4% to 72% [6]. Similarly, burnout prevalence range between 4.7% and 75.5% have been reported among healthcare workers by studies in Nigeria [7][8][9].…”

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Givers Feel the Heat, Too: Experience of Burning out under Fire of Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Oluwole

Obadeji

Dada

2021

INDJ

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Background: Burnout is considered a condition of great public concern due to its biopsychosocial consequences which include poor quality of life. Healthcare providers have been described as high-risk population for experiencing burnout. Psychological distress is also considered a strong predictor of experience of burnout among healthcare workers who are burdened with the demand of the healthcare system. This is particularly so with healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa. The period of COVID-19 might have impacted on the burden of burnout experienced by healthcare professionals. Objective: This study was to determine the burden of burnout and its relationship with psychosocial variables among healthcare workers in a tertiary health care facility. Methods: The sample for this study was from a population of healthcare workers in a tertiary healthcare facility in southwest Nigeria. The questionnaire comprised three sections: information on socio-demographic work-related characteristics of the respondents; Maslach-Burnout-Inventory (MBI), and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) used in screening mental distress among the respondents. Student t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to compare the means scores of respondents on both the MBI and K-10 scales. Results: A total of 214 healthcare workers with mean age of 36.49±9.05 participated in the study. Seventy-six (35.5%) of the respondents had high burnout level on MBI. There was statistically significant difference in the mean score emotional exhaustion subscale of burnout experience for gender The mean score on emotional exhaustion dimension in doctors was significantly higher than the nurses. Emotional exhaustion correlated negatively with respondents’ years of experience at work (r = -0.181, p = 0.008). Thirty-seven (17.3%) of the respondents suffered mild to severe psychological distress as indicated by their scores on the Kessler scale of psychological distress. Conclusion: The study brought to the fore the relevant correlates of burnout in the high-risk group of essential healthcare providers.

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Givers Feel the Heat, Too: Experience of Burning out under Fire of Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Oluwole

Obadeji

Dada

2021

INDJ

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“…One major challenge with the prevalence of burnout quoted by many researchers reporting their work with other burnout instruments such as the MBI has been the highly variable criteria that qualify burnout. It is commonplace to find low prevalence with studies in which the criteria is the simultaneous occurrence of high burnout in all the three subscales of exhaustion, depersonalization and low personal accomplishment; such as 4.2% [36], 8.5% [37] and 11.7% [38]. In a study of burnout amongst physicians working in primary care in Saudi Arabia, out of 144 respondents; 48 (33.3%) scored high burnout in only one subscale, 57 (39.6%) scored high burnout in two subscales while only 4(2.78%) scored high burnout in all three subscales.…”

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Physician burnout in Nigeria: a multicentre, cross-sectional study

Nwosu¹,

Ossai

Uwakwe³

et al. 2020

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Healthcare workers are a burnout-prone occupational group and the prevalence is particularly high among physicians. With the prevailing low physician-patient ratio in Nigeria which has worsened with the recent wave of physician emigration, among other socio-economic constraints; a setting for high physician burnout may have been nurtured. Our survey set out to determine the prevalence of burnout among physicians practicing in Nigeria, ascertain the factors that were associated with the development of burnout and evaluate the respondents’ perceived impact of physician burnout on patient safety. Methods We used the Oldenburg burnout inventory as the measurement tool for burnout in the cross-sectional study conducted between November and December, 2019 among physicians in five tertiary health institutions in Nigeria. A 5- point Likert-type scale was used to evaluate the participants rating of their perceived impact of physician burnout on patient safety. Data entry and analysis were done using IBM Statistical package for social sciences software version 25 and the level of statistical significance was determined by a p value < 0.05. Results The response rate was 61% (535/871), and burnout prevalence was 75.5% (404/535). Majority of the physicians (74.6%) perceive that physician burnout could impact patient safety. Physicians’ professional grade, age and years in practice, but not specialty, gender or marital status were associated with the exhaustion domain, whereas only the physicians’ age was associated with the disengagement domain of burnout. No socio-demographic or work-related characteristics determined overall burnout in our respondents. Conclusion Physician burnout in Nigeria is high and pervasive, and this should alert physicians to be wary of their general and mental health status. Public health policy should address this development which has implications for patient safety, physician safety and healthcare system performance.

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“…According to a previous study of burnout among health workers in Nigeria which put burnout prevalence at 4.7%: 13 …”

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Burnout and Presenteeism among Healthcare Workers in Nigeria: Implications for Patient Care, Occupational Health and Workforce Productivity

Nwosu

Ossai

Onwuasoigwe

et al. 2021

Journal of Public Health Research

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Background: Burnout and presenteeism are two emerging occupational health challenges which share same locus among healthcare workers, and the trend is rising. We aim to define the magnitude of burnout and presenteeism among frontline members of the health workforce and explore any correlation between the two in order to provide empirical data from our socioeconomic and geographical background. Design and Methods: We used self-administered questionnaire to conduct a cross-sectional study among the physicians and nurses in a regional trauma centre in Enugu, Eastern Nigeria; with the respondents selected by stratified random sampling. The Oldenburg burnout inventory and Stanford presenteeism scale were used to measure burnout and presenteeism respectively, while the 2-item patient-health questionnaire (PHQ-2) was used to screen for depression. The level of statistical significance was determined by a p value of <0.05.Results: Among the healthcare workers surveyed (n=155); 34 (21.9%) were physicians, while 121 (78.1%) were nurses. Burnout prevalence was 69%. Burnout was associated with self-rated health status and length of years in professional service but not the occupation or depression screen status of the worker. Sixty-two healthcare workers (40%) screened positive for depression. A positive screen for depression was the only factor that had significant association with lower presenteeism scores (p=0.002). The mean presenteeism scores had strong negative correlation with both the exhaustion (p<0.001) and disengagement (p<0.001) domains of burnout.Conclusion: Burnout is high among the healthcare workers and correlates with presenteeism scores. The mental health of the workforce greatly impaired their productivity.

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Burnout among doctors and nurses at university of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, South-South Nigeria

Cited by 12 publications

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Givers Feel the Heat, Too: Experience of Burning out under Fire of Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Givers Feel the Heat, Too: Experience of Burning out under Fire of Psychological Distress among Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Physician burnout in Nigeria: a multicentre, cross-sectional study

Burnout and Presenteeism among Healthcare Workers in Nigeria: Implications for Patient Care, Occupational Health and Workforce Productivity

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