The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Compassion Satisfaction in Healthcare Personnel: A Systematic Review of the Literature Published during the First Year of the Pandemic

Lluch, Cristina; Galiana, Laura; Doménech, P Moliner; Sansó, Noemí

doi:10.3390/healthcare10020364

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“…The results of the present review are providing another perspective on burnout among doctors. Previous research on healthcare specialists before the pandemic showed an increased level of burnout [ 74 , 75 ], and a literature review conducted on healthcare specialists [ 76 ] identified that the burnout levels increased during the pandemic. Thus, the present paper adds new perspective about frontline and non-frontline physicians.…”

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Symptoms of Burnout Syndrome among Physicians during the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic—A Systematic Literature Review

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Background: Studies in the recent decades show that the medical profession has a high risk to develop burnout due to constant exposure to mental and physical suffering or death. The pandemic period induced additional stress for healthcare professionals due to the likelihood of a high rate of infection, long working shifts, using protective equipment, staying away from family, implementing new medical procedures. The present study is focusing on assessing the prevalence of burnout among physicians working in the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic, and discovering the main factors associated with burnout syndrome among the population of physicians. Material and methods: A systematic review was conducted by searching PubMed, Wiley, and Google Scholar in November 2021. A total of 35 studies were eligible for the evaluation. Results: The samples ranged from 39 to 3071 physicians, and the overall burnout ranged from 14.7% to 90.4%. Sociodemographic characteristics associated with a high prevalence of burnout were the female gender, less experienced, not having children, and single marital status, associated with high levels of anxiety, depression, and stress in the female gender. The highest level of burnout among all the studies was 90.4% on a sample of physicians from the Republic of Korea, 80.2% among psychiatrists in Saudi Arabia, followed by a study in Ireland with a 77% level of burnout among senior and specialist physicians, and 74.7 % prevalence of burnout for emergency physicians in USA. Conclusions: During the pandemic, the factors that contribute to burnout are the lack of personal protective equipment and the violence of issues related to organizational health; the high prevalence of burnout symptoms is associated with anxiety, depression, and stress.

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“…One of the major influences of crisis situations on civil protection professionals is reflected in their well-being. The well-being of the security forces and professionals who are on the front line in the fight against COVID-19 are exposed to situations of great stress and psychological complexity that may in the future have repercussions on their psychological well-being (Gómez-Galán et al 2020;Lluch et al 2022;Martínez-López et al 2021;Peinado and Anderson 2020). During the pandemic, volunteer firefighters have continued to be on the front lines of rescue, transporting sick people, both urgent and non-urgent, transporting people infected with COVID-19, and responding to other emergencies that arise every day.…”

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Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters in the Context of the Challenges Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic is producing not only epidemiological consequences on a global scale, but also political, economic, and social repercussions. The health care professionals that have been on the front lines fighting the pandemic need the support and assistance of other organizations to meet the many daily challenges. Volunteer firefighters stand out for their outreach approach and implementation of the Human2Human paradigm that has enabled them to meet the needs of the most vulnerable population that have been hit the hardest by the pandemic. This study adopts an ethnographic-action method considering Portuguese volunteer firefighters to explore the characteristics and relevance of these initiatives in areas such as combating isolation, medical assistance, containing the spread of COVID-19, and promoting public–private partnerships. The findings reveal that factors associated with altruism are central elements in the emergence of these initiatives, although some locally or nationally coordinated initiatives have been replicated in other contexts. It is also noteworthy that volunteer firefighters also present initiatives that can be fit into more than one category.

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“…The detrimental impact of the pandemic on healthcare and social care personnel wellbeing has already been documented in the past, as reported in a recent review [ 8 ], and several research contributions confirmed and extended findings from previous studies for the COVID-19 outbreak. Two meta-analyses, the first including 13 cross-sectional studies and a total of 33,062 participants in the first stage of the pandemic [ 9 ], and the latter including 76 studies [ 10 ], provided evidence that a high proportion of healthcare professionals have experienced levels of clinical mental health symptoms (such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia) and also evidence of an overall increase in occupational burnout and compassion fatigue. Another survey conducted on a sample of 631 rural paramedics, police officers, community nurses, and child protection workers in Australia [ 11 ] found that 27.1% of the sample indicated moderate or severe levels of anxiety, four times higher than the proportion in the general population; 16.5% recorded moderate or severe levels of depression, 10 times higher than the general population; 56.1% scored in the high range for emotional exhaustion (EE), 52% higher than for similar groups pre-COVID-19, and a results showed a slight increase in (professional) depersonalization.…”

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Workplace Factors, Burnout Signs, and Clinical Mental Health Symptoms among Mental Health Workers in Lombardy and Quebec during the First Wave of COVID-19

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Several research contributions have depicted the impact of the pandemic environment on healthcare and social care personnel. Even though the high prevalence of burnout depression and anxiety in healthcare settings before COVID-19 has been well documented in the research, the recent increase in psychological distress and mental health issues in healthcare and mental health workers should be attributed to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the present study is to develop, evaluate, and compare a model of COVID-19 workplace stressors between two different territories, the Italian region of Lombardy and the Canadian province of Quebec. Within this model, burnout is depicted as the strongest determinant of mental health symptoms for mental health workers. In turn, the main workplace determinants of burnout are the perception of a lack of support from the organization and the fear of contracting COVID-19 at work. Findings also provide insights for designing interventions to promote and protect mental health workers in the context of the pandemic. In conclusion, it is necessary to monitor burnout and carefully analyze elements of organizational culture, in addition to offering clinical and psychological care for those in need.

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Compassion Satisfaction in Healthcare Personnel: A Systematic Review of the Literature Published during the First Year of the Pandemic

Cited by 170 publications

References 114 publications

Symptoms of Burnout Syndrome among Physicians during the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic—A Systematic Literature Review

Symptoms of Burnout Syndrome among Physicians during the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic—A Systematic Literature Review

Portuguese Volunteer Firefighters in the Context of the Challenges Posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Workplace Factors, Burnout Signs, and Clinical Mental Health Symptoms among Mental Health Workers in Lombardy and Quebec during the First Wave of COVID-19

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