• Frontiers in psychiatry · Jan 2020

    Burnout Syndrome Among Hospital Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Civil War: A Cross-Sectional Study.

    • Muhammed Elhadi, Ahmed Msherghi, Moutaz Elgzairi, Ayiman Alhashimi, Ahmad Bouhuwaish, Marwa Biala, Seraj Abuelmeda, Samer Khel, Ala Khaled, Ahmed Alsoufi, Amna Elmabrouk, AlshiteewiFatimah BinFBFaculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya., Tasneem Ben Hamed, Bushray Alhadi, Sara Alhaddad, Ahmed Elhadi, and Ahmed Zaid.
    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya.
    • Front Psychiatry. 2020 Jan 1; 11: 579563.

    AbstractObjective: We aimed to determine the prevalence of burnout among hospital healthcare workers in Libya during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and civil war. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from April 18 to May 2, 2020 among Libyan healthcare workers. Data on participant characteristics were collected with a specifically designed questionnaire. Burnout was assessed with the abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory (aMBI) comprising three subscales: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal accomplishment (PA), with each sub-scale score range from 0 to 18. For EE and DP, scores of 10 to 18 were regarded as "moderate to severe burnout." PA was scored inversely, where a score ≤ 10 indicated severe burnout. Results: The study yielded a sample size of 532 participants. Of these, 357 (67.1%) reported emotional exhaustion (EE Score ≥ 10), 252 (47.4%) reported depersonalization (DP score ≥ 10), and 121 (22.7%) reported a lower sense of personal accomplishment (PA score ≤ 10). Verbal abuse was experienced by 304 participants (57.1%) and physical abuse in 93 (17.5). Gender was associated with high emotional exhaustion and high depersonalization. Being 35 years or older was associated with high depersonalization. Professional specialty was significantly associated with high emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. Fear of COVID-19 infection was associated with high emotional exhaustion and high depersonalization. Conclusion: The rising prevalence of mental disorders and inadequate availability of health services facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and civil war demonstrated the need for healthcare policies to address the well-being of healthcare workers to decrease the risk of loss, suicide, and medical negligence.Copyright © 2020 Elhadi, Msherghi, Elgzairi, Alhashimi, Bouhuwaish, Biala, Abuelmeda, Khel, Khaled, Alsoufi, Elmabrouk, Alshiteewi, Hamed, Alhadi, Alhaddad, Elhadi and Zaid.

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