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Job burnout and its impact on work ability in biosafety laboratory staff during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang.
Lu, Yaoqin; Liu, Qi; Yan, Huan; Gao, Sunyujie; Liu, Tao.
  • Lu Y; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, Xinjiang, China.
  • Liu Q; Urumqi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Urumqi, 830026, Xinjiang, China.
  • Yan H; Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, Xinjiang, China.
  • Gao S; Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, College of Public Health, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, 830011, Xinjiang, China.
  • Liu T; Xinjiang Engineering Technology Research Center for Green Processing of Nature Product Center, Xinjiang Autonomous Academy of Instrumental Analysis, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China.
BMC Psychiatry ; 21(1): 543, 2021 11 03.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1501993
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has increased the physical and psychological stress of medical workers. This study was designed to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of job burnout and its impact on work ability among Biosafety Laboratory (BSL) staffs during the COVID-19 epidemic in Xinjiang.

METHODS:

A total of 7911 qualified BSL staffs in Xinjiang were investigated by electronic questionnaires. The Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) was used for job burnout survey. Work Ability Index (WAI) was used for work ability survey. The prevalence and risk factors of job burnout in BSL staffs were analyzed through chi square test, t-test and one-way ANOVA. And then, the influence of demographic and job-related variables, i.e., confounding factors, were eliminated to the greatest extent by the propensity score analysis (PSA) method, to investigate the impact of job burnout on work ability in BSL staffs.

RESULTS:

A total of 67.6% BSL staffs experienced job burnout. There were significant differences in the detection rate of job burnout among demographic and job-related variables, including gender, age, ethnicity, education, working years, professional title, marital status, number of night shift per month and overall sleep condition (all P < 0.05). The detection rate of job burnout in female was higher than that in male. The detection rates of job burnout in 45-50 years old, Han ethnicity, education of postgraduate or above, 11-20 years of working, intermediate professional title, married, staff with many night shifts per month and poor overall sleep condition were higher than that of other groups. The average burnout scores of the Emotional Exhaustion (EE), Cynicism (CY), Reduced Personal Accomplishment (PA) scale were 10.00 ± 5.99, 4.64 ± 4.59 and 15.25 ± 8.16, respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that the three dimensions of job burnout, i.e., EE, CY, PE, were negatively correlated with work ability and significantly affected the work ability of BSL staffs (all P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS:

Our results suggest that the prevalence of job burnout is extremely common among BSL staffs. In addition, the work ability decreases with the increase of job burnout and the improvement of job burnout can enhance work ability among BSL staffs.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Burnout, Professional / Epidemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: English Journal: BMC Psychiatry Journal subject: Psychiatry Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S12888-021-03555-x

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Burnout, Professional / Epidemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: English Journal: BMC Psychiatry Journal subject: Psychiatry Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S12888-021-03555-x