Prevalence and associated factors of burnout among frontline health care providers during COVID-19 outbreak in Eka Kotebe COVID-19 treatment center.
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2020-11
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Addis Abeba University
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Background: COVID-19 is a highly infectious disease which increases work-related and
psychological stress and level of burn out among front line health workers.
Objective: To describe the prevalence of burnout among front line healthcare workers and the
associated factors at Eka Kotebe COVID-19 treatment center .
Methodology: Institutional based Cross-sectional study design was conducted on 200 sample
frontline health workers selected by simple random sampling technique. These health workers
were selected at Eka Kotebe COVID-19 treatment center because it is one of the national
COVID-19 treatment centers. The study participants were stratified based on their profession
.Structured self-administered questionnaire was used. The questionnaire contains of 22 items,
which includes 8 items in emotional exhaustion, 5 items in depersonalization and 9 items in
personal accomplishment. Pre-test was conducted on 10% of sample in BLH to assure reliability
and validity
. Data was coded, entered and analyzed by SPSS version 26.
Result: The study showed that 170(85.0%) of front-line health workers had a high level of
burnout ( high score of either EE, DP ).107 (53.5%) of frontline health workers had a high score
in both EE & DP subscale. The study also showed that 41(20.5%), 54 (27.0%), and 105 (52.5%)
front line health workers experienced low, moderate, and high levels in the emotional exhaustion
axis, respectively. In the depersonalization axis, the values for low, moderate, and high levels of
burnout were 15 (7.5%), 17 (8.5%), and 168(84.0%), respectively. Also, 5(2.5%), 7 (3.5%) and
188 (94.0%) health workers scored low, moderate, and high in the personal accomplishment
axis, respectively. Among the studied characteristics, gender, low level of baseline job
satisfaction, service year as a health care provider, and development of acute infection was
associated with high levels of all three domains of burnout.
Conclusion: Burnout is prevalent among healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients in
Eka Kotebe COVID-19 treatment center .
Gender, job satisfaction, and year of practice as health care providers contribute to the level of
front line health care provider burnout during the covid-19 pandemic at Eka Kotebe COVID-19
treatment center.
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Burnout ,health careworkers , COVID -19