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Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant challenge to the modern healthcare system and led to increased burnout among healthcare workers (HCWs). We previously reported that HCWs who engaged in COVID-19 patient care had a significantly higher prevalence of burnout (50....

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Autores principales: Nishimura, Yoshito, Miyoshi, Tomoko, Sato, Asuka, Hasegawa, Kou, Hagiya, Hideharu, Kosaki, Yoshinori, Otsuka, Fumio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8582846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34770095
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111581
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author Nishimura, Yoshito
Miyoshi, Tomoko
Sato, Asuka
Hasegawa, Kou
Hagiya, Hideharu
Kosaki, Yoshinori
Otsuka, Fumio
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Miyoshi, Tomoko
Sato, Asuka
Hasegawa, Kou
Hagiya, Hideharu
Kosaki, Yoshinori
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant challenge to the modern healthcare system and led to increased burnout among healthcare workers (HCWs). We previously reported that HCWs who engaged in COVID-19 patient care had a significantly higher prevalence of burnout (50.0%) than those who did not in November 2020 (period 1). We performed follow-up surveys in HCWs in a Japanese national university hospital, including basic demographics, whether a participant engaged in care of COVID-19 patients in the past 2 weeks, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory in February 2021 (period 2) and May 2021 (period 3). Periods 1 and 3 were amid the surges of COVID-19 cases, and period 2 was a post-surge period with a comparatively small number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. Response rates to the surveys were 33/130 (25.4%) in period 1, 36/130 (27.7%) in period 2, and 56/162 (34.6%) in period 3, respectively. While no consistent tendency in the prevalence of burnout based on variables was observed throughout the periods, the prevalence of burnout tends to be higher in periods 1 and 3 in those who engaged in COVID-19 patient care in the last 2 weeks (50.0%, 30.8%, 43.1% in period 1, 2, and 3, respectively). Given the prolonged pandemic causing stigmatization and hatred against HCWs leading to increased prevalence of burnout, high-level interventions and supports are warranted.
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spelling pubmed-85828462021-11-12 Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study Nishimura, Yoshito Miyoshi, Tomoko Sato, Asuka Hasegawa, Kou Hagiya, Hideharu Kosaki, Yoshinori Otsuka, Fumio Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant challenge to the modern healthcare system and led to increased burnout among healthcare workers (HCWs). We previously reported that HCWs who engaged in COVID-19 patient care had a significantly higher prevalence of burnout (50.0%) than those who did not in November 2020 (period 1). We performed follow-up surveys in HCWs in a Japanese national university hospital, including basic demographics, whether a participant engaged in care of COVID-19 patients in the past 2 weeks, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory in February 2021 (period 2) and May 2021 (period 3). Periods 1 and 3 were amid the surges of COVID-19 cases, and period 2 was a post-surge period with a comparatively small number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. Response rates to the surveys were 33/130 (25.4%) in period 1, 36/130 (27.7%) in period 2, and 56/162 (34.6%) in period 3, respectively. While no consistent tendency in the prevalence of burnout based on variables was observed throughout the periods, the prevalence of burnout tends to be higher in periods 1 and 3 in those who engaged in COVID-19 patient care in the last 2 weeks (50.0%, 30.8%, 43.1% in period 1, 2, and 3, respectively). Given the prolonged pandemic causing stigmatization and hatred against HCWs leading to increased prevalence of burnout, high-level interventions and supports are warranted. MDPI 2021-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8582846/ /pubmed/34770095 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111581 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study
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title_sort burnout of healthcare workers amid the covid-19 pandemic: a follow-up study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8582846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34770095
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111581
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