Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, Tunisia
Introduction Facing educational difficulties related to COVID-19, some teachers can no longer adapt, making them potential candidates for burnout. Objectives We aimed to assess burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine its prevalence and factors associated wi...
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| author | N. Regaieg L. Zouari Y. Mejdoub N. Smaoui S. Omri R. Feki I. Gassara N. Charfi J. Ben Thabet M. Maalej M. Maalej |
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Introduction
Facing educational difficulties related to COVID-19, some teachers can no longer adapt, making them potential candidates for burnout.
Objectives
We aimed to assess burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine its prevalence and factors associated with it.
Methods
We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study, carried out on google drive in May 2021, and relating to 97 Tunisian junior and secondary school teachers from the Sfax region. Burnout was evaluated by the Burnout Measure Short version (BMS-10).
Results
The sex-ratio (M/F) of our population was 0.32 and the average age was 44.23 ± 7.81 years old. The labor load was low, medium and high in respectively 1.4%, 57.6% and 41% of cases. Almost a third of participants (30.6%) reported a low satisfaction with working conditions. The average BMS score was 40.19 ± 13.98. According to the BMS scores, 36.1% of teachers had a very low to a low degree of burnout, 23.6% had burnout while 40.3% had a high to very high degree of exposure to burnout. Furthermore, the BMS score was associated with the female gender (p=0.002), sleep disturbances (p<0.001), suicidal thoughts (p<0.001) and with a medium to a high labor load (p=0.045).
Conclusions
In this study, Tunisian high school teachers in times of COVID-19 reported a high burnout rate. Thus, the protection of this vulnerable population must be an important component of public health measures.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a50c9eb96204e5aa0c1501c0728150d2023-11-17T05:08:23ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S515S51610.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1313Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, TunisiaN. Regaieg0L. Zouari1Y. Mejdoub2N. Smaoui3S. Omri4R. Feki5I. Gassara6N. Charfi7J. Ben Thabet8M. Maalej9M. Maalej10Hedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker university hospital, Epidemiology, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, TunisiaHedi Chaker University Hospital, Psychiatry C, Sfax, Tunisia Introduction Facing educational difficulties related to COVID-19, some teachers can no longer adapt, making them potential candidates for burnout. Objectives We aimed to assess burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine its prevalence and factors associated with it. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study, carried out on google drive in May 2021, and relating to 97 Tunisian junior and secondary school teachers from the Sfax region. Burnout was evaluated by the Burnout Measure Short version (BMS-10). Results The sex-ratio (M/F) of our population was 0.32 and the average age was 44.23 ± 7.81 years old. The labor load was low, medium and high in respectively 1.4%, 57.6% and 41% of cases. Almost a third of participants (30.6%) reported a low satisfaction with working conditions. The average BMS score was 40.19 ± 13.98. According to the BMS scores, 36.1% of teachers had a very low to a low degree of burnout, 23.6% had burnout while 40.3% had a high to very high degree of exposure to burnout. Furthermore, the BMS score was associated with the female gender (p=0.002), sleep disturbances (p<0.001), suicidal thoughts (p<0.001) and with a medium to a high labor load (p=0.045). Conclusions In this study, Tunisian high school teachers in times of COVID-19 reported a high burnout rate. Thus, the protection of this vulnerable population must be an important component of public health measures. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S092493382201313X/type/journal_articleCovid-19 pandemichigh school teachersburnout |
| spellingShingle | N. Regaieg L. Zouari Y. Mejdoub N. Smaoui S. Omri R. Feki I. Gassara N. Charfi J. Ben Thabet M. Maalej M. Maalej Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, Tunisia European Psychiatry Covid-19 pandemic high school teachers burnout |
| title | Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, Tunisia |
| title_full | Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, Tunisia |
| title_fullStr | Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, Tunisia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, Tunisia |
| title_short | Assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sfax, Tunisia |
| title_sort | assessement of burnout among high school teachers during the covid 19 pandemic in sfax tunisia |
| topic | Covid-19 pandemic high school teachers burnout |
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