Medical Staff Work Burnout and Willingness to Work during COVID-19 Pandemic Situation in Pakistan

Medical staff is vital for helping society through a health crisis, human-made or natural disaster, and pandemic. This study aims to investigate the medical staff's work-related burnout during Covid-19 and their willingness to work when they are most needed. The cross-sectional design was used,...

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Published in:Hospital topics 2022-07, Vol.100 (3), p.123-131
Main Authors: Mushtaque, Iqra, Raza, Ali Zain, Khan, Azhar Abbas, Jafri, Qaiser Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burnout
COVID-19
depersonalization
Emotional exhaustion
Hospital administration
Hospitals
Pandemics
partial least square
personal accomplishment
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Summary:Medical staff is vital for helping society through a health crisis, human-made or natural disaster, and pandemic. This study aims to investigate the medical staff's work-related burnout during Covid-19 and their willingness to work when they are most needed. The cross-sectional design was used, and an online survey was conducted through snowball sampling. Sample comprised on 250 participants (male = 89 & female= 161). The study's inclusion criteria were that only those medical staff of different hospitals was approached to collect data performed inwards isolated for Covid-19 treatment corona isolation wards. Maslach burnout inventory (MBI-HSS) and willingness to work (WTW) tools were used to collect data. Descriptive and Partial least square analysis was utilized to evaluate the relationships. The Coefficient of determination or R-Square value was 0.299, which means 29.9% or 30% of the work burnout variation was due to the impact of emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment. Perceived danger, Role Competence, Self-Efficacy, and Sense of duty significantly impacted the willingness to work. Despite the workload and perceived risk, 42.6% of participants agreed to work if their department had to need their services, while 55.2% of participants agreed to work whether their department asked them or not. Government and hospital management should adopt a proactive and positive response during the pandemic to eradicate the employee stress and adopt adequate steps to improve the willingness to work with medical staff.
ISSN:0018-5868
1939-9278
DOI:10.1080/00185868.2021.1927922