Prevalence and associated factors of burnout syndrome among selected health care professionals at University Hospitals of Sidama Region and Southern, Ethiopia 2023.

Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088677 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-6963 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14726963 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Health Serv Res Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-

Burnout, Professional*/epidemiology ; Hospitals, University*; Humans ; Ethiopia/epidemiology ; Female ; Male ; Adult ; Prevalence ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Middle Aged ; Risk Factors ; Health Personnel/psychology ; Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data ; Young Adult

Background: Health professionals are burn out syndrome prone occupational group. In Ethiopia there are limited evidences about burnout syndrome and work related determinant factors resulting in Burnout syndrome. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of burnout syndrome and associated factors of burnout syndrome among health professionals working in university hospitals found in Sidama region and Southern Ethiopia 2023.
Methods: An institution based multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted on 362 health professionals working in three university hospital from February 15 to February 30, 2023. Study participants were recruited using Simple random sampling technique. A standard self-administered Maslach Burn out Inventory questionnaire were used to collect data. Data entered into Epi-info version 7.2.5.0 and exported to stata version 17 for analysis. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with burnout syndrome and adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval were used to describe factors associated significantly. Variables with a P value of less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Result: A total of 362 health professionals were enrolled in the study with a response rate of 100%. The prevalence of burnout syndrome among health professionals was found to be 198 (54.7%) with a 95% CI of 49.51-59.77%. Alcohol dependence (AOR = 6.41, 95% CI = 2.37- 17.29), Sleep problem (AOR = 3.88, 95% CI = 2.33-6.46), poor social support (AOR = 4.71, 95% CI = 2.21-10.01) and intermediate social support (AOR = 2.41, 95% CI = 1.07-5.42) were factors significantly associated with burnout syndrome.
Conclusion: This study revealed that a high proportion of health professionals working in university hospitals of sidama and southern part of Ethiopia suffer from burnout syndrome. Alcohol dependence, sleep problem, getting poor and intermediate social support were significantly associated predictor variable with burnout syndrome.
Recommendation: Higher officials of university hospitals and human resource department should design strategies to reduce alcohol dependence, promote healthy sleep habit and advocate strong social support among health professionals.
Competing Interests: Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Ethical approval was made by Hawassa University institutional review Board (IRB) with Ethical clearance reference number of IRB/181/15 and consent to participate was obtained from all the participants. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
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Keywords: Burnout syndrome; Health professionals; Maslach inventory tool

Date Created: 20250302 Date Completed: 20250303 Latest Revision: 20250305

20250305

PMC11871837

10.1186/s12913-025-12437-x

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