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Nishimura Y, Miyoshi T, Sato A, et al. Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(21)doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111581.
Nishimura, Y., Miyoshi, T., Sato, A., Hasegawa, K., Hagiya, H., Kosaki, Y., & Otsuka, F. (2021). Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(21), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111581
Nishimura, Yoshito, et al. "Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study." International journal of environmental research and public health vol. 18,21 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111581
Nishimura Y, Miyoshi T, Sato A, Hasegawa K, Hagiya H, Kosaki Y, Otsuka F. Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 04;18(21). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111581. PMID: 34770095; PMCID: PMC8582846.
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Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 04;18(21). doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111581.

Burnout of Healthcare Workers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Follow-Up Study.

International journal of environmental research and public health

Yoshito Nishimura, Tomoko Miyoshi, Asuka Sato, Kou Hasegawa, Hideharu Hagiya, Yoshinori Kosaki, Fumio Otsuka

Affiliations

  1. Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 7008558, Japan.
  2. Department of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
  3. Center for Graduate Medical Education, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama 7008558, Japan.
  4. Center for Education in Medicine and Health Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 7008558, Japan.

PMID: 34770095 PMCID: PMC8582846 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182111581

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a significant challenge to the modern healthcare system and led to increased burnout among healthcare workers (HCWs). We previously reported that HCWs who engaged in COVID-19 patient care had a significantly higher prevalence of burnout (50.0%) than those who did not in November 2020 (period 1). We performed follow-up surveys in HCWs in a Japanese national university hospital, including basic demographics, whether a participant engaged in care of COVID-19 patients in the past 2 weeks, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory in February 2021 (period 2) and May 2021 (period 3). Periods 1 and 3 were amid the surges of COVID-19 cases, and period 2 was a post-surge period with a comparatively small number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization. Response rates to the surveys were 33/130 (25.4%) in period 1, 36/130 (27.7%) in period 2, and 56/162 (34.6%) in period 3, respectively. While no consistent tendency in the prevalence of burnout based on variables was observed throughout the periods, the prevalence of burnout tends to be higher in periods 1 and 3 in those who engaged in COVID-19 patient care in the last 2 weeks (50.0%, 30.8%, 43.1% in period 1, 2, and 3, respectively). Given the prolonged pandemic causing stigmatization and hatred against HCWs leading to increased prevalence of burnout, high-level interventions and supports are warranted.

Keywords: burnout; coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); intention to leave; pandemic; prevention

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