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Objective: The study was conducted to highlight the sickness absenteeism pattern among the doctors and nurses of Combined Military Hospital, Lahore in the year 2014
Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive study
Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital [CMH] Lahore, 1 year from Jan 2014 to Dec 2014
Patients and Methods: Sick-in-Quarter [SIQ] reports of doctors and nurses were collected from the SIQ register of Combined Military Hospital, Lahore for the duration of 1 year. This data was categorized based on gender, rank, causes and duration of illness. Frequencies of Sickness absenteeism of the health care providers based on these categories were noted and analyzed through SPSS 20
Results: A total of 670 SIQ's were issued to health care professionals at CMH Lahore in 2014. Of these, 164 [24.5%] were issued to males and 506 [75.5%] were issued to females. Out of these 316 [47.2%] were doctors and 354 [52.8%] were nurses [p<0.001]. Maximum absenteeism was caused by respiratory diseases 176 [26.28%]. Monday showed the highest predominance of sick reports with 166 [24.8%]. Most SIQ's were issued in April 90 [13.4%] while a low number of SIQs were issued in February 20 [3%]
Conclusion: Sickness absenteeism was highly prevalent, and was higher among nurses than doctors. Respiratory diseases were the leading cause of sickness absenteeism among the doctors and nurses. Measures are needed to sustain the health of doctors and nurses to improve the overall patient care
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Objective: To determine the frequency of burnout among Pakistani military female nursing students and to find out its association with demographic factors and common stressors during training
Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study
Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out at Combined Military Hospital [CMH] Lahore and CMH Lahore Medical and Dental College from Mar to Apr 2015
Material and Methods: Sample consisted of 84 female nursing students. Since it was a relatively small sample and participants were easily accessible so all 84 students available at the time of study were included. Mashlach Burnout Inventory [MBI] [which included 20 questions] was used to measure emotional exhaustion, and burnout. The questionnaire also elicited information about socio-demographic characteristics and various perceived stressors during their training. Data analysis was performed by using SPSS version 20.0
Results: On the MBI, 66 [78.6%] nurses showed mild emotional exhaustion, 17 [20.2%] showed moderate emotional exhaustion and only 1 [1.2%] showed high emotional exhaustion. Similarly no burnout was found in 29 [34.5%] nurses; whereas mild burnout was found in 30 [35.7%], moderate burnout in 19 [22.6%], severe burnout in 5 [6%], and only one nurse student [1.2%] showed extreme burnout. No significant association was found between various stressors and burnout [p>0.05]
Conclusion: There is low level of burnout in female military nursing students in this study. This is a favorable finding and may be considered helpful in increasing productivity, performance and quality of patient care