Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional study

ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of burnout, clinical anxiety, depression, and insomnia and to estimate the associations of adverse emotional status, coping style, and level of self-efficacy with burnout of healthcare workers in the Shenzhen Longgang District Frontline D...

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Main Authors: Cece Yang, Xunqiang Wang, Xing Zhang, Wenping Liu, Chengmin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1079383/full
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author Cece Yang
Xunqiang Wang
Xing Zhang
Wenping Liu
Chengmin Wang
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Xunqiang Wang
Xing Zhang
Wenping Liu
Chengmin Wang
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description ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of burnout, clinical anxiety, depression, and insomnia and to estimate the associations of adverse emotional status, coping style, and level of self-efficacy with burnout of healthcare workers in the Shenzhen Longgang District Frontline District Headquarters of COVID-19 epidemic control, China.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 173 staff completed the anonymous questionnaires of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), General Self-efficacy Scale, and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire electronically (https://www.wjx.cn/) in June 2022. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to explore the associated factors of burnout in this study.ResultsThe prevalence of burnout in our participants (defined as high emotional exhaustion or high depersonalization) was 47.40%, and reduced personal accomplishment was 92.49%. The prevalence of clinically significant depression (the cutoff score of ≥15), anxiety (the cutoff score of ≥10), and insomnia (the cutoff score of ≥15) was 11.56, 19.08, and 19.08%, respectively. There was a degree of overlap between burnout and other measures of adverse mental status, most notably for anxiety (odds ratio, 27.049; 95% CI, 6.125–117.732; p < 0.001). Hierarchical logistic regression demonstrated that burnout was strongly associated with anxiety (OR = 23.889; 95% CI, 5.216–109.414; p < 0.001) and negative coping style (OR = 1.869; 95% CI, 1.278–2.921; p < 0.01) independently.ConclusionMedical staff involved in COVID-19 epidemic control in the post-epidemic era were at high risk of burnout, and most of them were in low personal accomplishment. Reducing anxiety and improving coping style by medical management institutions from the system level may be effective in alleviating burnout in healthcare workers.
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spelling doaj.art-13426654b86d48f0b08e2d76aac5cc872023-03-09T05:27:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.10793831079383Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional studyCece YangXunqiang WangXing ZhangWenping LiuChengmin WangObjectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of burnout, clinical anxiety, depression, and insomnia and to estimate the associations of adverse emotional status, coping style, and level of self-efficacy with burnout of healthcare workers in the Shenzhen Longgang District Frontline District Headquarters of COVID-19 epidemic control, China.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, 173 staff completed the anonymous questionnaires of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), General Self-efficacy Scale, and Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire electronically (https://www.wjx.cn/) in June 2022. Hierarchical logistic regression was used to explore the associated factors of burnout in this study.ResultsThe prevalence of burnout in our participants (defined as high emotional exhaustion or high depersonalization) was 47.40%, and reduced personal accomplishment was 92.49%. The prevalence of clinically significant depression (the cutoff score of ≥15), anxiety (the cutoff score of ≥10), and insomnia (the cutoff score of ≥15) was 11.56, 19.08, and 19.08%, respectively. There was a degree of overlap between burnout and other measures of adverse mental status, most notably for anxiety (odds ratio, 27.049; 95% CI, 6.125–117.732; p < 0.001). Hierarchical logistic regression demonstrated that burnout was strongly associated with anxiety (OR = 23.889; 95% CI, 5.216–109.414; p < 0.001) and negative coping style (OR = 1.869; 95% CI, 1.278–2.921; p < 0.01) independently.ConclusionMedical staff involved in COVID-19 epidemic control in the post-epidemic era were at high risk of burnout, and most of them were in low personal accomplishment. Reducing anxiety and improving coping style by medical management institutions from the system level may be effective in alleviating burnout in healthcare workers.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1079383/fullburnoutcoping styleanxietydepressioninsomniaself-efficacy
spellingShingle Cece Yang
Xunqiang Wang
Xing Zhang
Wenping Liu
Chengmin Wang
Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional study
Frontiers in Public Health
burnout
coping style
anxiety
depression
insomnia
self-efficacy
title Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional study
title_full Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional study
title_short Burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in COVID-19 epidemic control: A cross-sectional study
title_sort burnout and associative emotional status and coping style of healthcare workers in covid 19 epidemic control a cross sectional study
topic burnout
coping style
anxiety
depression
insomnia
self-efficacy
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1079383/full
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