Health care worker burnout after the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the prevalence of burnout according to job category after the first wave of COVID-19 in Japan and to explore its association with certain factors.

Methods

An online cross-sectional survey of health care workers (HCWs) from June 15 to July 6, 2020, was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Demographic characteristics, results of the Japanese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, types of anxiety and stress, changes in life and work after the peak of the pandemic, and types of support aimed at reducing the physical or mental burden, were determined.

Results

Of 672 HCWs, 149 (22.6%) met the overall burnout criteria. Burnout was more prevalent in women (OR, 3.11; 95% CI, 1.45-6.67, P = .003), anxiety due to unfamiliar

SUBMITTER: Matsuo T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354617 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature