Nurses' burnout and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To examine the nurses' burnout and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

We followed the Cochrane criteria and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines for this systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

PubMed, Scopus, ProQuest, Cochrane COVID-19 registry, CINAHL and pre-print services (medRχiv and PsyArXiv) were searched from January 1 to November 15, 2020 and we removed duplicates.

Review methods

We applied a random effect model to estimate pooled effects since the heterogeneity between results was very high.

Results

Sixteen studies, including 18,935 nurses met the inclusion criteria. The overall prevalence of emotional exhaustion was 34.1%, of depersonalization was 12.6% and

SUBMITTER: Galanis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250618 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature