Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia
Introduction: The healthcare setting is a stressful and demanding work environment, and healthcare workers face a continuous expansion of their job roles and responsibilities. Past studies have shown that factors affecting burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers merit furth...
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| author | Marzo, Roy Rillera ElSherif, Mohamed Abdullah, Muhd Siv Azhar Merican Hui, Zhu Thew Chong, Collins Shean, Yih Soh Ching, Sin Siau Chauhan, Shekhar Yulan, Lin |
| author_facet | Marzo, Roy Rillera ElSherif, Mohamed Abdullah, Muhd Siv Azhar Merican Hui, Zhu Thew Chong, Collins Shean, Yih Soh Ching, Sin Siau Chauhan, Shekhar Yulan, Lin |
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| description | Introduction: The healthcare setting is a stressful and demanding work environment, and healthcare workers face a continuous expansion of their job roles and responsibilities. Past studies have shown that factors affecting burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers merit further research, as there were inconsistent findings, especially with regards to the influence of demographic and work-related factors. Therefore, this study aims to determine whether demographic and work-related factors are associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers.
Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted between February 15, 2022 and March 15, 2022, among 394 healthcare workers from Putrajaya and Selangor hospitals, Malaysia. Maslach Burnout Inventory, World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF 26 inventory, and Brief Resilience Scale were utilized to capture information on burnout, quality of life, and resilience, respectively.
Results: The mean score of physical health of participants who work more than 10 h (11.38) is lower than participants who work from 8 to 10 h (13.00) and participants who work 7 h daily (13.03), p-value < 0.001. Similarly, the mean score of psychological health of participants who work more than 10 h (12.35) is lower than participants who work from 8 to 10 h (13.72) and participants who work 7 h daily (13.68), p-value = 0.001. Higher income levels were associated with high resilience and quality of life.
Conclusion: It is imperative that healthcare practitioners and policy makers adopt and implement interventions to promote a healthy workplace environment, address ethical concerns, and prevent burnout among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Managing the issue of long working hours could possibly result in improved resilience, burnout, and quality of life among healthcare workers. Despite this study able to tickle out some policy specific areas where interventions are needed, identifying effective solutions and evaluating their efficiency will require larger and interventional studies. |
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| spelling | upm-1008902023-07-26T03:17:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/100890/ Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia Marzo, Roy Rillera ElSherif, Mohamed Abdullah, Muhd Siv Azhar Merican Hui, Zhu Thew Chong, Collins Shean, Yih Soh Ching, Sin Siau Chauhan, Shekhar Yulan, Lin Introduction: The healthcare setting is a stressful and demanding work environment, and healthcare workers face a continuous expansion of their job roles and responsibilities. Past studies have shown that factors affecting burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers merit further research, as there were inconsistent findings, especially with regards to the influence of demographic and work-related factors. Therefore, this study aims to determine whether demographic and work-related factors are associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted between February 15, 2022 and March 15, 2022, among 394 healthcare workers from Putrajaya and Selangor hospitals, Malaysia. Maslach Burnout Inventory, World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF 26 inventory, and Brief Resilience Scale were utilized to capture information on burnout, quality of life, and resilience, respectively. Results: The mean score of physical health of participants who work more than 10 h (11.38) is lower than participants who work from 8 to 10 h (13.00) and participants who work 7 h daily (13.03), p-value < 0.001. Similarly, the mean score of psychological health of participants who work more than 10 h (12.35) is lower than participants who work from 8 to 10 h (13.72) and participants who work 7 h daily (13.68), p-value = 0.001. Higher income levels were associated with high resilience and quality of life. Conclusion: It is imperative that healthcare practitioners and policy makers adopt and implement interventions to promote a healthy workplace environment, address ethical concerns, and prevent burnout among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Managing the issue of long working hours could possibly result in improved resilience, burnout, and quality of life among healthcare workers. Despite this study able to tickle out some policy specific areas where interventions are needed, identifying effective solutions and evaluating their efficiency will require larger and interventional studies. Frontiers Research Foundation 2022-12-16 Article PeerReviewed Marzo, Roy Rillera and ElSherif, Mohamed and Abdullah, Muhd Siv Azhar Merican and Hui, Zhu Thew and Chong, Collins and Shean, Yih Soh and Ching, Sin Siau and Chauhan, Shekhar and Yulan, Lin (2022) Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia. Frontiers in Public Health, 10. art. no. 1021495. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2296-2565 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1021495/full#:~:text=Systematic%20reviews%20showed%20that%20job,burnout%20(19%2C%2020). 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1021495 |
| spellingShingle | Marzo, Roy Rillera ElSherif, Mohamed Abdullah, Muhd Siv Azhar Merican Hui, Zhu Thew Chong, Collins Shean, Yih Soh Ching, Sin Siau Chauhan, Shekhar Yulan, Lin Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia |
| title | Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia |
| title_full | Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia |
| title_short | Demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from Malaysia |
| title_sort | demographic and work-related factors associated with burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study from malaysia |
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