Pandemic Covid-19 and the risk of burnout among health personnel at Hassan II Hospital in Agadir, Morocco.

Abstract

<b>Introduction:</b> Burnout is a psychological syndrome resulting from chronic exposure to stress. Health care personnel are strongly impacted by this phenomenon during the Covid-19 pandemic. The objective of this work is to evaluate the prevalence of professional, personal and relational burnout and the associated factors among health personnel at Hassan II Hospital in Agadir. <b>Material and methods:</b> This is an exhaustive cross-sectional study with descriptive and analytical aims carried out among staff working at the Hassan II Hospital. The data collection used the construction of a web questionnaire on the Google Forms platform. The evaluation of the risk of burnout was done by the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) questionnaire. This questionnaire consists of 19 questions rated from 0 to 4. <b>Preliminary Results:</b> Of the 124 participants, 58.1% were women; the average age was 29, 3±2 years. 39.2% of patients had comoridities: dominated by anxiety (17.7) %, sleep disorders (16.3%) and depression (9.7%).&nbsp;48.8% had a mild form of COVID-19 while only 2.8% had a severe form. 58.1% were on call at Covid-19, 42% of participants reported working between 35 and 48 hours per week, 32.3% were on call at least 8 times per month. Personal burnout was noted in 31.6%, professional burnout in 42% and relational burnout in 32%. The degree of burnout was higher in women and participants with a psychiatric history and sleep disorders. <b>Conclusion:</b> Health care personnel are confronted daily with social, physical and psychological suffering to which they cannot always respond. A prevention and care strategy is needed to limit the negative consequences of this suffering.