Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study
Background: Fatigue is a state of extreme tiredness, weariness, or sleepiness brought on by a lack of sleep, continuous mental or physical effort, or protracted stress or anxiety. Tasks that are tedious or repetitive can make you feel more worn out. Objectives: To assess the prevalence and the poss...
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| description | Background: Fatigue is a state of extreme tiredness, weariness, or sleepiness brought on by a lack of sleep, continuous mental or physical effort, or protracted stress or anxiety. Tasks that are tedious or repetitive can make you feel more worn out.
Objectives: To assess the prevalence and the possible risk factors for fatigue in health care worker.
Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted randomly in Qena University Hospitals on 300 participants. A structured questionnaire among health care workers (HCW) was used as a tool for data collection.
Results: 53% of HCW (79.2% of doctors and 70.3%of nurses) had fatigue. 62.2% of female suffered from fatigue .The significant risk factors for fatigue were sex, marital status, occupation, caffeine intake and smoking. doctors are more prone than other HCW to exhaustion.
Conclusion: Prevalence of fatigue among HCW in Qena university hospitals was high. the most significant risk factors were occupation(doctor), married and caffeine intake. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63bebc3b991245c6907cecad30b094e22023-08-19T08:04:33ZengSouth Valley University, Faculty of MedicineSVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences2735-427X2636-34022023-07-0162579585https://doi.org/10.21608/svuijm.2023.221550.1611Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based studyDoaa Mahmoud Abd-elwahed*0Ahmed M.M. Hany1Tarek Desoky2 Eptehal Mohammed Dongol3Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt.Department of Public health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt . Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt Department of Chest disease, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, EgyptBackground: Fatigue is a state of extreme tiredness, weariness, or sleepiness brought on by a lack of sleep, continuous mental or physical effort, or protracted stress or anxiety. Tasks that are tedious or repetitive can make you feel more worn out. Objectives: To assess the prevalence and the possible risk factors for fatigue in health care worker. Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted randomly in Qena University Hospitals on 300 participants. A structured questionnaire among health care workers (HCW) was used as a tool for data collection. Results: 53% of HCW (79.2% of doctors and 70.3%of nurses) had fatigue. 62.2% of female suffered from fatigue .The significant risk factors for fatigue were sex, marital status, occupation, caffeine intake and smoking. doctors are more prone than other HCW to exhaustion. Conclusion: Prevalence of fatigue among HCW in Qena university hospitals was high. the most significant risk factors were occupation(doctor), married and caffeine intake.https://svuijm.journals.ekb.eg/article_312020.htmlfatigue hcw qena university hospitals |
| spellingShingle | Doaa Mahmoud Abd-elwahed* Ahmed M.M. Hany Tarek Desoky Eptehal Mohammed Dongol Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences fatigue hcw qena university hospitals |
| title | Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study |
| title_full | Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study |
| title_short | Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study |
| title_sort | prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in qena university hospitals a hospital based study |
| topic | fatigue hcw qena university hospitals |
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