Measurement of burnout during the prolonged pandemic in the Chinese zero-COVID context: COVID-19 burnout views scale

Abstract

Burnout is an important public health issue at times of the COVID-19 pandemic. Current measures which focus on work-based burnout have limitations in length and/or relevance. When stepping into the post-pandemic as a new Norm Era, the burnout scale for the general population is urgently needed to fill the gap. This study aimed to develop a COVID-19 Burnout Views Scale (COVID-19 BVS) to measure burnout views of the general public in a Chinese context and examine its psychometric properties. A multiphase approach including literature review, expert consultation, and pilot testing was adopted in developing the scale. The scale was administered to a sample of 1,078 of the general public in Hong Kong with an average age of 34.45 years (SD = 12.47). Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses suggested a 5-item unidimensional model of COVID-19 BVS. The CFA results indicated that the COVID-19 BVS had a good model fit, as χ2 (10.054)/5 = 2.01, SRMR = 0.010, CFI = 0.998, RMSEA = 0.031. Five items were maintained in EFA with high internal consistency in terms of Cronbach's α of 0.845 and McDonald's ω coefficient of 0.87, and the corrected item-to-total correlations of 0.512 to 0.789 are way above the acceptable range. The KMO values of 0.841 and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity (p < 0.01) verified the normal distribution of the EFA and the adequacy of the EFA sampling. The analyses suggest that the COVID-19 BVS is a promising tool for assessing burnout views on the impacts of the epidemic on the Chinese general populations.

A scientometric approach to psychological research during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Considering the importance of Burnout in the studies of Covid-19 (Lau et al, 2022 ), we expected this concept to be highlighted in the drawn networks; but despite including the relevant keyword in the search phase, this concept was not observed in the drawn networks. Considering that in drawing networks, citations are vitally important, it seems that documents related to Burnout have not received enough citations to be highlighted in the network.…”

Prevalence and correlators of burnout among health professionals during different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in China

“…Second, 1 year after the pandemic, uncertainty around available resources and the evolution of the virus variants continued to challenge the health system ( 32 ). At this stage, strict restrictive measures were adopted in line with the zero-COVID policy ( 33 ). Health professionals experienced acute staffing shortages due to the huge efforts on the citywide test-trace-isolate, and following energy-exhausting protocols intended to keep everyone safe ( 34 ).…”

The relationships between trait anger, forgiveness, and subjective well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: a moderated mediating model under lockdown situation

“…Partial lockdown and the factors that were associated with an increased level of depression, stress, and anxiety were being single, separated, or widowed, having a higher education level, a larger family size, loss of jobs, and being in contact with individuals (Le et al, 2020), and other study has found the household income loss due to the impact of COVID-19, People holding undergraduate degrees, working in other sectors rather than healthcare, and having definite-term contract had a higher likelihood of income reduction (Tran et al, 2020). Additionally, people's increasing intolerance for the adoption of health-protective measures for a prolonged time led to "pandemic burnout" (Moroń et al, 2021;Lau et al, 2022). It has been found that burnout caused by a pandemic can make people feel emotionally drained and affect people's every aspect of their life (WHO, 2022).…”

“…People who are stuck in pandemic burnout may lead to lower levels of motivation, feelings of helplessness, loneliness, hopelessness, depersonalization, and reduced personal achievement (Haktanir et al, 2022). Lau et al (2022) examined the psychometric properties of COVID-19 Burnout Views Scale (BVS) with a large Hong Kong sample and found the expected positive associations of COVID-19 BVS with the presence of chronic illnesses (Hayat et al, 2022), support for "living with the COVID" policy, i.e., by reducing the social distancing measures (Ligo et al, 2021).…”