A Model of Burnout Among Healthcare Professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burnout is common and can lead to worse outcomes for both healthcare workers and patients. Our study purpose was to assess the structural relationship among factors that protect against or worsen burnout.

Data sources and study setting

We surveyed healthcare professionals in 15 different Japanese intensive care units during the 3rd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2021). Surveys assessed burnout (Mini Z 2.0), resilience (Brief Resilience Scale), depressive (PHQ-9) and anxiety (GAD-7) symptoms, job and work environment characteristics, and personal experience with COVID. We explored survey domains with principal component factor analysis and modeled our results using structural equation modeling.

Principal findings

Among 936 ICU professionals, 24.3% met

SUBMITTER: Jackson JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897092 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature