Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang
Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increased the physical and psychological stress of medical workers. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of job burnout and its impact on work ability among Biosafety Laboratory (BSL) staffs during the...
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| description | Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increased the physical and psychological stress of medical workers. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of job burnout and its impact on work ability among Biosafety Laboratory (BSL) staffs during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang. Methods A total of 7911 qualified BSL staffs in Xinjiang were investigated by electronic questionnaires. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) was used for job burnout survey. Work Ability Index (WAI) was used for work ability survey. The prevalence and risk factors of job burnout in BSL staffs were analyzed through chi square test, t-test and one-way ANOVA. And then, the influence of demographic and job-related variables, i.e., confounding factors, were eliminated to the greatest extent by the propensity score analysis (PSA) method, to investigate the impact of job burnout on work ability in BSL staffs. Results A total of 67.6% BSL staffs experienced job burnout. There were significant differences in the detection rate of job burnout among demographic and job-related variables, including gender, age, ethnicity, education, working years, professional title, marital status, number of night shift per month and overall sleep condition (all P < 0.05). The detection rate of job burnout in female was higher than that in male. The detection rates of job burnout in 45–50 years old, Han ethnicity, education of postgraduate or above, 11–20 years of working, intermediate professional title, married, staff with many night shifts per month and poor overall sleep condition were higher than that of other groups. The average burnout scores of the Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Cynicism (CY), Reduced Personal Accomplishment (PA) scale were 10.00 ± 5.99, 4.64 ± 4.59 and 15.25 ± 8.16, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the three dimensions of job burnout, i.e., EE, CY, PE, were negatively correlated with work ability and significantly affected the work ability of BSL staffs (all P < 0.001). Conclusions Our results suggest that the prevalence of job burnout is extremely common among BSL staffs. In addition, the work ability decreases with the increase of job burnout and the improvement of job burnout can enhance work ability among BSL staffs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16f6beef7cbe46a59e0c856945aa2aad2022-12-21T23:00:29ZengBMCBMC Psychiatry1471-244X2021-11-0121111310.1186/s12888-021-03555-xJob burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in XinjiangYaoqin Lu0Qi Liu1Huan Yan2Sunyujie Gao3Tao Liu4Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical UniversityDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical UniversityDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, College of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical UniversityUrumqi Center for Disease Control and PreventionDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical UniversityAbstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increased the physical and psychological stress of medical workers. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of job burnout and its impact on work ability among Biosafety Laboratory (BSL) staffs during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang. Methods A total of 7911 qualified BSL staffs in Xinjiang were investigated by electronic questionnaires. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) was used for job burnout survey. Work Ability Index (WAI) was used for work ability survey. The prevalence and risk factors of job burnout in BSL staffs were analyzed through chi square test, t-test and one-way ANOVA. And then, the influence of demographic and job-related variables, i.e., confounding factors, were eliminated to the greatest extent by the propensity score analysis (PSA) method, to investigate the impact of job burnout on work ability in BSL staffs. Results A total of 67.6% BSL staffs experienced job burnout. There were significant differences in the detection rate of job burnout among demographic and job-related variables, including gender, age, ethnicity, education, working years, professional title, marital status, number of night shift per month and overall sleep condition (all P < 0.05). The detection rate of job burnout in female was higher than that in male. The detection rates of job burnout in 45–50 years old, Han ethnicity, education of postgraduate or above, 11–20 years of working, intermediate professional title, married, staff with many night shifts per month and poor overall sleep condition were higher than that of other groups. The average burnout scores of the Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Cynicism (CY), Reduced Personal Accomplishment (PA) scale were 10.00 ± 5.99, 4.64 ± 4.59 and 15.25 ± 8.16, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the three dimensions of job burnout, i.e., EE, CY, PE, were negatively correlated with work ability and significantly affected the work ability of BSL staffs (all P < 0.001). Conclusions Our results suggest that the prevalence of job burnout is extremely common among BSL staffs. In addition, the work ability decreases with the increase of job burnout and the improvement of job burnout can enhance work ability among BSL staffs.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03555-xCOVID-19BSL staffJob burnoutWork ability; |
| spellingShingle | Yaoqin Lu Qi Liu Huan Yan Sunyujie Gao Tao Liu Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang BMC Psychiatry COVID-19 BSL staff Job burnout Work ability; |
| title | Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang |
| title_full | Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang |
| title_fullStr | Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang |
| title_full_unstemmed | Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang |
| title_short | Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang |
| title_sort | job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the covid 19 epidemic in xinjiang |
| topic | COVID-19 BSL staff Job burnout Work ability; |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03555-x |
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