Scholars Bulletin (SB)
Volume-11 | Issue-01 | 1-6
Subject Category: Health Care
Assessment of Burnout among Healthcare Workers during the Pandemic Crises of COVID 19 in Primary Health Care Centers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Mahra Kazim, Elham Al-Neaimi, Alia Aldallal, Shamsa Al Suwaidi
Published : Jan. 15, 2025
Abstract
Covid-19 infection was identified in Wuhan in December of 2019, the World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of a global pandemic by March 11, 2020, the health care system focused on mobilizing resources, fighting infections, reducing mortality and others. But less attention was paid to the psychological burden of the pandemic on the health care workers (HCWs). HCWS were exposed to high levels of stress during the pandemic because of the uncertainties in the management of COVID-19 cases, the fear in treating highly contagious viral disease and others all of these contributed to exposing the HCWs to high level of fear and anxiety, leading to stress and burnout (Alikhani et al., 2020), (Fessell & Cherniss, 2020). The aim of the study was to measure the rate of burnout among the frontline staff such as physicians and nurses in Primary health care sector in Dubai health Authority in the City of Dubai, during the period between March and June of 2020. The study was cross-sectional descriptive and analytical; using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) questionnaire tool to assess the Burnout, a sample of 200 participants were included in the study. The personal burnout was 57%, work-related burn-out was 53%, while only 34% had pandemic-related burnout. In the comparisons made in terms of burnout sub-dimensions and demographic factors, it appeared that the effects of occupational variables, such as workload, service time, as well as demographic variables such as, profession and income were significant.