The role of burnout and coping in the quality of life among disaster emergency volunteers during the Cianjur earthquake

Abstract

Volunteering in emergencies has a fundamental role in improving and maintaining collective and community health. However, volunteers often have to deal with very stressful situations and conditions, leading them to burnout and coping strategy issues that possibly decrease their quality of life. AimsThis study investigated the correlation between burnout, coping, and quality of life among emergency disaster volunteers who responded to the earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, from November 21, 2022 to December 20, 2022. MethodsData were collected by using an online questionnaire consisting of sociodemographic questions, The Relief Worker Burnout Questionnaire, The Brief COPE, and WHOQOL-Bref. 110 emergency disaster volunteers responded to the survey, and data were danalysed by using multiple linear regression. ResultsThere were effects of burnout on quality of life, coping on quality of life, and burnout and coping together on the quality of life in disaster emergency response volunteers. There were significant differences in burnout scores of disaster emergency response volunteers according to gender, marital status, training experience, working cluster and years of service, while significant differences in the type of coping scores could be seen between gender, marital status, training experience, and working duration. The quality of life scores significantly differed regarding ethnic groups, marital status, training experience, and working duration ConclusionsBurnout and coping have effects on quality of life. Several demographic conditions showed significant differences in burnout, coping, and quality of life scores.