Assessment of Magnitude of Burnout among Emergency Physicians and Emergency Residents Working in Hospitals found in Addis Ababa from June1 to July 30, 2021
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2021-10
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background: Burnout is very common in the contemporary work place. It is common among
health care workers who work in emergency department. It is defined as syndrome of a reduced
sense of personal accomplishment, emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, amongst
individuals who work with other people High intensity of workload, working alone, lack of
social support, lack of free time, unsociable Rota, violent, abusive or demanding patients,
seriously ill patients are common predisposing factors
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the magnitude of burnout among
emergency physicians and emergency residents who are working in different hospitals in Addis
Ababa and specifically the levels of subscales of burnout.
Method: The study areas were Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) and st.paul
specialized hospital and other hospitals which are located in Addis Ababa, the capital city of
Ethiopia. Cross sectional study was conducted from June 1 to July 30 2021, data was collected
online from emergency and critical care physicians and residents. The data was entered into spss
26 after checking for completeness.
Results: Sixty eight participants completed the questionnaire out of 114 emergency and critical
care residents and consultants working at different hospitals in Addis Ababa. Among the 68
eligible respondents 50% of them are between the age of 30 and 40 years and the rest of 50% are
less than 30 years. 70.6% respondents were male and 38(52.9%) were single. Twenty four of the
respondents were first year EMCCM residents, fifteen respondents were consultants and two of
the respondents were subspecialists. Forty nine (72.1%) of the respondents had less than 5 years
of duration of medical practice and 92.6% of the respondents had not planned to leave the
specialty in the next 12 months. For the subscales of burnout, emotional exhaustion the mean
score was 18.22 with standard deviation of 11.685, for personal accomplishment mean score was
25 with standard deviation of 12.519 and for depersonalization mean score was 7.21 with
standard deviation of 6.149. the magnitude of burnout as defined by high emotional exhaustion
and high depersonalization and low personal accomplishment was 8.8%%, plan to leave the
specialty in 12months was significantly associated with burnout with p value of 0.04.
Conclusion and recommendation: As indicated in this study the magnitude and the level
of burnout among emergency and critical care residents and consultants who were working in
different hospitals in Addis Ababa was low. Further larger scale study recommended to be done
on this important work place phenomenon.
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Burnout,Physicians,Emergency residents