Predictors of Burnout in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cotel, Adriana; Golu, Florinda; Stoian, Anca Pantea; Dimitriu, Mihai; Socea, Bogdan; Cîrstoveanu, Cătălin; Daviţoiu, Ana Maria; Alexe, Florentina Jacotă –; Oprea, Bogdan

doi:10.3390/healthcare9030304

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“…62 Different protective factors against burnout, such as training, continuing education, supervision, recognition, and continuous feedback were underlined in these specific circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. 63 For all respondents, perceived family support seemed to play a relieving role, but did not have a significant impact. On the other hand, the reported professional support made an important and significant difference across all the psychological measurements (ie, anxiety, depression, burnout, and resilience).…”

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“…The burnout syndrome among Romanian healthcare workers has been identified. 62,63 We aimed to evaluate the psychological distress associated with the work-related experiences of medical professionals and supporting staff during the pandemic outbreak. Regarding psychological outcomes, we found higher resilience for female versus male healthcare workers, and coordinators versus non-coordinators.…”

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Burnout Toll on Empathy Would Mediate the Missing Professional Support in the COVID-19 Outbreak

Bredicean¹,

Tamasan²,

Lungeanu³

et al. 2021

RMHP

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Purpose The year 2020 was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, massively disruptive at the general population level and for healthcare systems. We aimed to evaluate the psychological distress associated with work-related experiences among medical professionals and supporting staff during the pandemic outbreak. Patients and Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted between April and May 2020, employing a self-administered on-line questionnaire that included the collection of socio-demographic and professional status information, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Maslach Burnout Inventory - General Survey, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and a subscale of the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) for empathy. A total of 364 professionals of the county-coordinated area responded. Descriptive statistics summarized the findings and a mediation model was analyzed, applying the causal step strategy. The specific direct and causal mediation effects were estimated with the bias-corrected and accelerated bootstrap sampling method. Results Anxiety, burnout, stress, resilience, and empathy proved to be significantly associated with both the professional category (ie, consultant, specialty doctor, trainee doctor, senior nurse, trainee nurse or other) and the perceived professional support (the nonparametric multivariate permutation test resulted in p=0.048 and p<0.001, respectively). When controlling for the marital and professional status, the female gender had an OR=2.26, 95% CI (1.21; 4.22) toward a high level of empathy compared to males. The causal mediation effect of the perceived lack of professional support on empathy through burnout-depersonalization was highly significant (p<0.001) with an average of 0.0599, 95% CI (0.0238; 0.10), while the direct effect was non-significant (p=0.536) with an average of 0.0295, 95% CI (−0.0774; 0.15). Conclusion We highlighted the impact of the lack of professional support on healthcare workers’ empathy through burnout-depersonalization in a context of a high workload, time pressure, job stress beyond previous training, and inherently limited organizational support, which are potentially modifiable factors in the mid-term.

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Bredicean¹,

Tamasan²,

Lungeanu³

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“…Patients were asked to respond to a short interview, including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), which is a validated screening tool for perinatal depression in the Romanian population [ 9 , 10 ]. In the COVID-19 pandemic context, additional questions on external stressors have also been introduced in the survey, as we considered it essential to determine whether social restrictions would make pregnant adolescents more vulnerable and prone to postpartum depression, as cited in similar studies [ 11 ].…”

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Assessment of Postpartum Depression in Adolescents Who Delivered during COVID-19 Social Restrictions: The Experience of a Tertiary Hospital from Bucharest, Romania

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In the context of the viral spread of COVID-19 in 2020, Romanian authorities declared national confinement for two months. Our country faces a public health issue regarding adolescent pregnancy. This study assessed the predisposition of teenage mothers to postpartum depression and the influence of the viral pandemic on their emotional status. This study enrolled patients 10 to 19 years old who delivered in our department between March–December 2020. Teenagers were attributed to the “lockdown group” (n = 30) and the “open group” (n = 171). All study participants agreed to take an interview based on a three-part questionnaire, including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). In the “lockdown group”, 16.67% of patients felt stressed over the last year compared to 11.11% of individuals in the “open group”, but there was no statistically significant difference between groups regarding overall EPDS scores (z value 0.51, Mann–Whitney U test). Predictable variables for postpartum depression were the use of cigarettes (OR = 1.08, 95% CI: 1.00–1.16), intended pregnancies (OR = 0.25, 95% CI: 0.09–0.68, p = 0.007) and absence of stressors in the last year (OR = 0.07, 95% CI: 0.02–0.30, p = 0.0002). More adolescents were stressed during confinement compared to those who delivered in the following time period; this aspect did not interfere with depression screening scores. A planned pregnancy, even during adolescence, can serve as a protective factor for postpartum depression.

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Analyzing the Work System Elements Impacting Burnout of Health Care Professionals in a COVID-19 Testing Laboratory

Carvalho Manhães Leite,

Chronopoulou,

Wooldridge

2023

Springer Series in Design and Innovation

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Predictors of Burnout in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 67 publications

References 30 publications

Burnout Toll on Empathy Would Mediate the Missing Professional Support in the COVID-19 Outbreak

Burnout Toll on Empathy Would Mediate the Missing Professional Support in the COVID-19 Outbreak

Assessment of Postpartum Depression in Adolescents Who Delivered during COVID-19 Social Restrictions: The Experience of a Tertiary Hospital from Bucharest, Romania

Analyzing the Work System Elements Impacting Burnout of Health Care Professionals in a COVID-19 Testing Laboratory

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