Suicidal ideation, burnout, and their correlation among health care workers at the end of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alborz Province, Iran

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Psychiatry

Rahim Badrfam¹  Atefeh Zandifar²  Mostafa Qorbani³  Nami Mohammadian Khonsari⁴ 

[1] Department of Psychiatry, Imam Hossein Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran;Department of Psychiatry, Imam Hossein Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran;Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran;Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran;Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran;

关键词: COVID-19;    suicidal ideation;    burnout;    health personnel;    Iran;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1261105

 received in 2023-07-18, accepted in 2023-09-25,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Care Workers (HCWs) were more vulnerable than ever to Burnout and Suicidal thoughts due to stressful work conditions. This study, investigated the level of Burnout and Suicidal thoughts among HCWs during the fourth wave of the pandemic in Alborz Province in Iran and compared it with the conditions at the beginning of the pandemic.MethodsA total of 305 HCWs from 3 referral hospitals for COVID-19, including 155 men and 150 women, participated in the study. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of HCWs dealing with COVID-19 patients using the available sampling method. The results of this online survey, which was conducted from June 7 to July 5, 2021 (at the end of the Fourth Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran), have been compared with the conditions of the First Wave of the Pandemic (from February 24 to April 27, 2020). The participants were evaluated by the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideations (BSSI) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).ResultsThe mean age of the participants was 36.34 ± 7.37. The means of Suicide Index (SI), Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Depersonalization (DP), and Personal Accomplishment (PA) scores were 0.76 ± 1.74, 19.94 ± 4.69, 4.92 ± 1.51, and 31.30 ± 5.88, respectively. SI and PA were significantly higher in workers other than nurses and physicians and EE was higher among workers with night shifts (p value<0.05 in all indices). Age had a significant and negative correlation with EE (p value<0.01) and DP (p value<0.05) and a significant and positive correlation with PA (p value<0.01).ConclusionThis study showed a high level of SI and Burnout indices among HCWs in the fourth wave of the pandemic in Iran. Paying attention to the factors affecting the development of social capital and creating health policy changes may be effective in reducing Burnout indices and high Suicide index among HCWs.

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