Burnout and associated factors among healthcare workers in acute care settings at a tertiary teaching hospital in Tanzania: An analytical cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Healthcare worker burnout has been linked to increased patient safety risk, low work professionalism, and low satisfaction with the care encounter. This study aimed to find the prevalence and factors associated with burnout among healthcare workers in acute care settings at a national referral hospital in Tanzania.

Methods

An analytical cross-sectional study was performed at a national referral hospital in Tanzania. Healthcare workers at the departments of Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, and Anesthesia at Muhimbili National Hospital were recruited from January 2021 to March 2021. A two-part questionnaire adopted from the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and MBI-Human Services Survey tool were administered to measure burnout. Categorical variables

SUBMITTER: Lwiza AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10160764 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature