Burnout Syndrome and Associated Factors Among Health Care Professionals Working in Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Dessie, Ethiopia

Abstract

Burnout is a mental, emotional, and physical exhaustion that affects many healthcare workers. However, there is a lack of information in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout syndrome and identify the associated risk factors among healthcare professionals in Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study was conducted on randomly selected 251 health workers at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Service Survey was used to assess burnout (MBIHSS). A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to explore the potential determinants of burnout syndrome among the participants. A total of 251 healthcare professionals were included in this study making a response rate of 99.2%. The prevalence of burnout syndrome among healthcare professionals was 15.1% (95% CI [10.8, 19.9]). Being male (AOR = 3.22:95% CI [1.17, 8.87]), lack of interest in their profession (AOR = 2.66, 95% CI [1.84, 6.02]), experiencing physical violence (AOR = 3.52, 95% CI [1.32, 9.36]), unsatisfied with their job (AOR = 4.17, 95% CI [1.46, 11.90]) were variables found to be significantly associated with burnout syndrome. Burnout is a major problem among working in Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital healthcare professionals. Being male, having no interest in their job, having physical violence, and not being satisfied with their job contributed to burnout syndrome. Interventions to increase interest in there in their job, improve physician-patient relationships, provide safer workplace environments, and increase job satisfaction may be promising strategies to reduce burnout syndrome.