Open AccessInfluencing factors of burnout and its dimensions among mental health workers during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Zhu Hongjin,
Xie Shiqi,
Liu Xiaolin,
Yang Xiaoyun,
Zhou Jianrong
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.1211
Subject(s) - burnout , mental health , salary , psychology , emotional exhaustion , job satisfaction , covid-19 , pandemic , cross sectional study , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , political science , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Aim To examine the demographic and work characteristics of mental health workers associated with burnout during the COVID‐19 epidemic and to examine the relationship between burnout and humanistic care ability. Design Online cross‐sectional design. Methods 270 mental health workers in Chongqing, China, were recruited via WeChat from 1 to 31 December 2020. Online self‐administered questionnaires were used to collect data. Data were analyzed by t ‐tests and one‐way analyses of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis. Results During the COVID‐19 pandemic, mental health workers had a high prevalence of burnout and a low level of humanistic care ability. Work factors including profession, work shift, work pressure, work‐family conflict, practice environment satisfaction, salary satisfaction, and humanistic care ability were significantly associated with burnout and its subdimension.