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Predictors of Burnout in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Department of Psychology, University of Bucharest, 030018 București, Romania
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Department of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sf. Pantelimon Emergency Clinical Hospital, 021659 Bucharest, Romania
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Department of Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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Department of Surgery, Sf. Pantelimon Emergency Clinical Hospital, 021659 Bucharest, Romania
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Department of Pediatrics, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania
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Academic Editor: Alberto Modenese
Healthcare 2021, 9(3), 304; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030304
Received: 15 February 2021 / Revised: 6 March 2021 / Accepted: 8 March 2021 / Published: 9 March 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Occupational Health and Safety in the Healthcare Sector)
The purpose of this study was to identify the predictors of burnout in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected from March to June in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, from employees of two Romanian hospitals. Five hundred and twenty-three healthcare workers completed a series of questionnaires that measured burnout, job demands, job resources, and personal resources. Among the respondents, 14.5% had a clinical level of exhaustion (the central component of burnout). Three job demands (work–family conflict, lack of preparedness/scope of practice, emotional demands), three job resources (training, professional development, and continuing education; supervision, recognition, and feedback; autonomy and control), and one personal resource (self-efficacy) were significant predictors of burnout, explaining together 37% of the variance in healthcare workers’ burnout. Based on our results, psychological interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic for healthcare employees should focus primarily on these demands and resources. View Full-Text
Keywords: burnout; COVID-19; health personnel; pandemics burnout; COVID-19; health personnel; pandemics
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Cotel, A.; Golu, F.; Pantea Stoian, A.; Dimitriu, M.; Socea, B.; Cirstoveanu, C.; Davitoiu, A.M.; Jacota Alexe, F.; Oprea, B. Predictors of Burnout in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare 2021, 9, 304. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030304

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Cotel A, Golu F, Pantea Stoian A, Dimitriu M, Socea B, Cirstoveanu C, Davitoiu AM, Jacota Alexe F, Oprea B. Predictors of Burnout in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare. 2021; 9(3):304. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030304

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Cotel, Adriana, Florinda Golu, Anca Pantea Stoian, Mihai Dimitriu, Bogdan Socea, Catalin Cirstoveanu, Ana M. Davitoiu, Florentina Jacota Alexe, and Bogdan Oprea. 2021. "Predictors of Burnout in Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic" Healthcare 9, no. 3: 304. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9030304

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