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Assessing the Mental Impact and Burnout among Physicians during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Developing Country Single-Center Experience
- Source :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021.
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Abstract
- Health-care workers are on the front line to combat the peculiar coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and are susceptible to acquiring this infection. This study is aimed at documenting the effect of “coronaphobia” on mental well-being and to report burnout among physicians. The study was conducted as a cross-sectional survey between November 17, 2020 and January 1, 2021 via a Google form distributed among the physicians of a tertiary care hospital, in Karachi, Pakistan. The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) was used to assess the mental well-being of physicians. Burnout was documented by using the Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey for Medical Personnel. Eighty-seven physicians participated in the survey (mean age, 30.9 ± 7.3 years). The mean WEMWBS score of the study participants was 51.6 ± 10.8. Regarding the WEMWBS, emotional exhaustion was observed in 54% (N = 47) of participants, depersonalization in 77% (N = 67), and low personal accomplishment was reported in 31% (N = 27) of participants. The results of the survey further highlight that depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and low personal accomplishment were associated significantly with a history of COVID-19 infection and COVID-19 postings. Hence, immediate measures are required to reduce the burnout among physicians while battling the second wave of the pandemic.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
MEDLINE
Developing country
Pilot Projects
Burnout
Physicians
Surveys and Questionnaires
Virology
Pandemic
Depersonalization
Humans
Medicine
Pakistan
Emotional exhaustion
Burnout, Professional
Developing Countries
Human services
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
COVID-19
Front line
Articles
Infectious Diseases
Family medicine
Female
Parasitology
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14761645 and 00029637
- Volume :
- 104
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a1911f422d0febc3c905171f84974d44