Job burnout and its influencing factors in Chinese medical staffs under China’s prevention and control strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Public Health

Research

Juhua Zhang¹  Mengyun Pei²  Shuzhi Peng²  Xingyue Liu²  Peng Zhang³  Tingting Wang⁴ 

[1] Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai, China;Graduate School, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai, China;Graduate School, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China;School of Clinical Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai, China;School of Nursing & Health Management, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Shanghai, China;

关键词: Chinese medical staff;    COVID-19;    Pandemic prevention and control;    Job burnout;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-022-14945-5

 received in 2022-08-02, accepted in 2022-12-26,  发布年份 2022

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate the influencing factors of burnout among grassroots medical staff in China so as to provide a reference for improving their physical, psychological, and social statuses under China's prevention and control strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuring the sustainable supply of high-quality medical resources.MethodsThis study was performed on medical staff in five primary hospitals in Jiangsu Province, China, from May 1, 2022, to June 1, 2022, using a general information questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory Scale. SPSS 25.0 and Stata 15.0 were used for two-track data entry and analysis. The OLS regression model was established to analyze the influencing factors for the job burnout of health care personnel.ResultsTwo hundred seventy valid questionnaires were analyzed. The total score of job burnout was (30.16 ± 10.99). The scores of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and self-achievement were (9.88 ± 3.839), (11.99 ± 5.68), and (8.29 ± 5.18), respectively. Feeling depressed and stressed after the pandemic, days working over the past week, and work hours per shift had a positive impact on the Maslach Burnout total score. Increased income and hours working every week had a negative impact on the Maslach Burnout total score. However, sex, age in years, degree, professional title, job category, workplace, marital status, years in practice, health status, active management of health, idea of resignation, and promotion after the pandemic did not affect the Maslach Burnout total score.ConclusionThe job burnout of medical staff is affected by health conditions, working conditions, the psychological consequences of a pandemic, wages and marital status. Hospital managers should formulate incentive measures according to different psychological changes in medical staff to create a good medical working environment under the normalization of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control.

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