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Burnout, Depression, and Anxiety Levels among Healthcare Workers Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Burnout in healthcare workers (HCWs) is defined as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion that results from unmanaged, excessive, and long-term workplace stressors. This study aims to assess the prevalence of burnout and the levels of anxiety and depression among HCWs who primarily wo...

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Autores principales: Alenezi, Shuliweeh, Almadani, Ahmad, Al Tuwariqi, Maram, Alzahrani, Fahad, Alshabri, Meshari, Khoja, Mohammed, Al Dakheel, Khalid, Alghalayini, Khalil, Alkadi, Norah, Aljebreen, Shahad, Alzahrani, Razan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35049626
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12010015
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author Alenezi, Shuliweeh
Almadani, Ahmad
Al Tuwariqi, Maram
Alzahrani, Fahad
Alshabri, Meshari
Khoja, Mohammed
Al Dakheel, Khalid
Alghalayini, Khalil
Alkadi, Norah
Aljebreen, Shahad
Alzahrani, Razan
author_facet Alenezi, Shuliweeh
Almadani, Ahmad
Al Tuwariqi, Maram
Alzahrani, Fahad
Alshabri, Meshari
Khoja, Mohammed
Al Dakheel, Khalid
Alghalayini, Khalil
Alkadi, Norah
Aljebreen, Shahad
Alzahrani, Razan
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description Burnout in healthcare workers (HCWs) is defined as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion that results from unmanaged, excessive, and long-term workplace stressors. This study aims to assess the prevalence of burnout and the levels of anxiety and depression among HCWs who primarily work with children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted utilizing the Arabic version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS), Patient Health Questionnaire for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression (PHQ-9). Among the 381 participants working in autism centers, the majority were young Saudi females (326) working full-time as specialists in the private sector with less than five years of experience. The HCWs’ overall mean scores on the three Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) subscales: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal accomplishment (PA) were 62%, 23.7%, and 76.5%, respectively. A total of 51.4% of HCWs reported moderate to high anxiety levels on GAD-7, and 47.8% showed moderate to very high levels of depression on PHQ-9. The mean perceived EE converged significantly but negatively on their overall mean perceived satisfaction with AWS (p-value < 0.001), demonstrating that greater emotional fatigue predicts less satisfaction with their work. The PA scores correlated significantly and positively with their overall mean satisfaction with their AWS score (p-value < 0.001). Considering sociodemographic variables, HCWs aged between 20–29 years have significantly lower mean PA scores than HCWs aged thirty and older (p = 0.007). Also, male HCWs perceived significantly higher work-related DP than females. More research is required to determine the nature of variables that contribute to burnout, depression, and anxiety in HCWs helping children with ASD.
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spelling pubmed-87733242022-01-21 Burnout, Depression, and Anxiety Levels among Healthcare Workers Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Alenezi, Shuliweeh Almadani, Ahmad Al Tuwariqi, Maram Alzahrani, Fahad Alshabri, Meshari Khoja, Mohammed Al Dakheel, Khalid Alghalayini, Khalil Alkadi, Norah Aljebreen, Shahad Alzahrani, Razan Behav Sci (Basel) Article Burnout in healthcare workers (HCWs) is defined as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion that results from unmanaged, excessive, and long-term workplace stressors. This study aims to assess the prevalence of burnout and the levels of anxiety and depression among HCWs who primarily work with children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A quantitative cross-sectional survey was conducted utilizing the Arabic version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), Areas of Worklife Survey (AWS), Patient Health Questionnaire for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), and Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression (PHQ-9). Among the 381 participants working in autism centers, the majority were young Saudi females (326) working full-time as specialists in the private sector with less than five years of experience. The HCWs’ overall mean scores on the three Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) subscales: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal accomplishment (PA) were 62%, 23.7%, and 76.5%, respectively. A total of 51.4% of HCWs reported moderate to high anxiety levels on GAD-7, and 47.8% showed moderate to very high levels of depression on PHQ-9. The mean perceived EE converged significantly but negatively on their overall mean perceived satisfaction with AWS (p-value < 0.001), demonstrating that greater emotional fatigue predicts less satisfaction with their work. The PA scores correlated significantly and positively with their overall mean satisfaction with their AWS score (p-value < 0.001). Considering sociodemographic variables, HCWs aged between 20–29 years have significantly lower mean PA scores than HCWs aged thirty and older (p = 0.007). Also, male HCWs perceived significantly higher work-related DP than females. More research is required to determine the nature of variables that contribute to burnout, depression, and anxiety in HCWs helping children with ASD. MDPI 2022-01-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8773324/ /pubmed/35049626 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12010015 Text en © 2022 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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Alenezi, Shuliweeh
Almadani, Ahmad
Al Tuwariqi, Maram
Alzahrani, Fahad
Alshabri, Meshari
Khoja, Mohammed
Al Dakheel, Khalid
Alghalayini, Khalil
Alkadi, Norah
Aljebreen, Shahad
Alzahrani, Razan
Burnout, Depression, and Anxiety Levels among Healthcare Workers Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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title_short Burnout, Depression, and Anxiety Levels among Healthcare Workers Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
title_sort burnout, depression, and anxiety levels among healthcare workers serving children with autism spectrum disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773324/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35049626
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs12010015
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