Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link?
Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have been in great fear due to the high risk of contracting COVID-19 infection at any time. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of resilience on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout in primary care health...
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| author | Ching, Siew-Mooi Thurasamy, Ramayah Cheong, Ai Theng Yee, Anne Lim, Poh Ying Ismail, Irmi Zarina Lee, Kai Wei Ng, Jun Ying Abdul Rahim, Rofina Mohd Noor, Mohd Khairi Cheng, Chang Li Mohd Nazan, Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Md Salleh, Hafizah Hassan, Noor Hasliza |
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| description | Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have been in great fear due to the high risk of contracting COVID-19 infection at any time. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of resilience on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout in primary care healthcare providers in Malaysia. Methods: This was an online cross-sectional study involving 1280 healthcare providers aged 18 years and older from 30 government primary care clinics in Malaysia. We used the COVID-19 Fear Scale, the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory Scale, and the Short Brief Resilience Scale to collect data from the respondents. Smart-PLS was used to perform mediation analysis. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 36 years old and mean duration of working experience was 11 years. The majority of the respondents were female (82.4%) and Malays (82.3%). The study population consisted of nurses (47.4%), doctors (26%), medical assistants (11.9), healthcare assistant (7.1%), medical laboratory technicians (6.4%) and drivers(1.3).The results show that fear of COVID-19 positively predicts burnout. According to the results, resilience mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and all the three burnout domains, namely personal burnout (β=0.175,p<0.001), work-related burnout (β=0.175,p<0.001) and client-related burnout (β=0.172,p<0.001). Additionally, resilience reduces the impact of COVID-19 fear on the three domains of burnout. Conclusion: Our study has reported a mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout. |
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| spelling | upm-1079922024-09-26T04:35:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107992/ Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? Ching, Siew-Mooi Thurasamy, Ramayah Cheong, Ai Theng Yee, Anne Lim, Poh Ying Ismail, Irmi Zarina Lee, Kai Wei Ng, Jun Ying Abdul Rahim, Rofina Mohd Noor, Mohd Khairi Cheng, Chang Li Mohd Nazan, Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Md Salleh, Hafizah Hassan, Noor Hasliza Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have been in great fear due to the high risk of contracting COVID-19 infection at any time. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of resilience on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout in primary care healthcare providers in Malaysia. Methods: This was an online cross-sectional study involving 1280 healthcare providers aged 18 years and older from 30 government primary care clinics in Malaysia. We used the COVID-19 Fear Scale, the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory Scale, and the Short Brief Resilience Scale to collect data from the respondents. Smart-PLS was used to perform mediation analysis. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 36 years old and mean duration of working experience was 11 years. The majority of the respondents were female (82.4%) and Malays (82.3%). The study population consisted of nurses (47.4%), doctors (26%), medical assistants (11.9), healthcare assistant (7.1%), medical laboratory technicians (6.4%) and drivers(1.3).The results show that fear of COVID-19 positively predicts burnout. According to the results, resilience mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and all the three burnout domains, namely personal burnout (β=0.175,p<0.001), work-related burnout (β=0.175,p<0.001) and client-related burnout (β=0.172,p<0.001). Additionally, resilience reduces the impact of COVID-19 fear on the three domains of burnout. Conclusion: Our study has reported a mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107992/1/2023072016324537_MJMHS_1012.pdf Ching, Siew-Mooi and Thurasamy, Ramayah and Cheong, Ai Theng and Yee, Anne and Lim, Poh Ying and Ismail, Irmi Zarina and Lee, Kai Wei and Ng, Jun Ying and Abdul Rahim, Rofina and Mohd Noor, Mohd Khairi and Cheng, Chang Li and Mohd Nazan, Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq and Md Salleh, Hafizah and Hassan, Noor Hasliza (2023) Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 19 (4). pp. 265-272. ISSN 1675-8544; ESSN: 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_19_2023/mjmhs_vol19_no_4_july_2023-74072 10.47836/mjmhs.19.4.38 |
| spellingShingle | Ching, Siew-Mooi Thurasamy, Ramayah Cheong, Ai Theng Yee, Anne Lim, Poh Ying Ismail, Irmi Zarina Lee, Kai Wei Ng, Jun Ying Abdul Rahim, Rofina Mohd Noor, Mohd Khairi Cheng, Chang Li Mohd Nazan, Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Md Salleh, Hafizah Hassan, Noor Hasliza Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? |
| title | Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? |
| title_full | Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? |
| title_fullStr | Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? |
| title_short | Fear of Covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in Malaysia: Is resilience a missing link? |
| title_sort | fear of covid-19 and burnout among healthcare providers in malaysia: is resilience a missing link? |
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