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: Received: 13 February 2024 / Approved: 14 February 2024 / Online: 14 February 2024 (16:33:08 CET)
How to cite:
Calderon, V.; Bolaños, C.; Maldonado, M.D.; Silva, E.; Alzate, J.P.; Villegas, J.D.D.; Botero Carvajal, A. Prevalence of Burnout in Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Reviews. Preprints2024, 2024020822. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0822.v1
Calderon, V.; Bolaños, C.; Maldonado, M.D.; Silva, E.; Alzate, J.P.; Villegas, J.D.D.; Botero Carvajal, A. Prevalence of Burnout in Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Reviews. Preprints 2024, 2024020822. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0822.v1
Calderon, V.; Bolaños, C.; Maldonado, M.D.; Silva, E.; Alzate, J.P.; Villegas, J.D.D.; Botero Carvajal, A. Prevalence of Burnout in Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Reviews. Preprints2024, 2024020822. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0822.v1
APA Style
Calderon, V., Bolaños, C., Maldonado, M.D., Silva, E., Alzate, J.P., Villegas, J.D.D., & Botero Carvajal, A. (2024). Prevalence of Burnout in Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Reviews. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0822.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Calderon, V., Juan de Dios Villegas and Alejandro Botero Carvajal. 2024 "Prevalence of Burnout in Health Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Reviews" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202402.0822.v1
Abstract
(1) Background: Burnout syndrome results from chronic stress in the work-place. The COVID-19 pandemic has imposed a heavy workload on health professionals, doctors and nurses to respond to first-line health care during the first two years of an emergency caused by this virus. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of burnout in healthcare personnel, doctors and nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: This was a review of reviews on the prevalence of professional burnout syndrome in healthcare personnel, doctors and nurses before or during the COVID-19 pandemic, without language restrictions or missing data from the Cochrane Library electronic databases. In total, 48,657 articles were obtained from Pub-Med/MEDLINE and the Web of Science. (3) Results: After completing the examination, 20 articles were included in the review. Of these articles, 7% included nurses in their study population, 72% interviewed doctors from different specialties, and the remaining 21% reported personnel data. Healthcare as a whole: In total, 624 articles with 233,087 participants were included. Regarding the prevalence by subscale, a PD of 33% (95% CI; 33%- 34%), an AE of 37% (95% CI; 37%- 37%) and a PR of 29% (95% CI) were found. %; 29% and 29%). ; (4) Conclusions: The incidences of DP and AE are high, and that of RP is low. These findings demonstrate the high prevalence of burnout according to subscale. Burnout is a problem of great magnitude, and as such, interventions must be implemented immediately at the individual and group levels by institutions and health systems.
Keywords
prevalence; burnout; review of reviews; healthcare personnel; doctors and nurses; COVID-19
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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