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Tackling the Pandemic a Year Later: Burnout Among Home Palliative Care Clinicians.
Ercolani, Giacomo; Varani, Silvia; Ostan, Rita; Franchini, Luca; Yaaqovy, Ahikam David; Pannuti, Raffaella; Biasco, Guido; Bruera, Eduardo.
  • Ercolani G; Training and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
  • Varani S; Training and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: silvia.varani@ant.it.
  • Ostan R; Training and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
  • Franchini L; Training and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
  • Yaaqovy AD; Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna (A.D.Y., G.B.), Bologna, Italy.
  • Pannuti R; Training and Research Department (G.E., S.V., R.O., L.F., R.P.), National Tumor Assistance (ANT), Bologna, Italy.
  • Biasco G; Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna (A.D.Y., G.B.), Bologna, Italy.
  • Bruera E; Department of Palliative Care (E.B.), Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine, Huston, Texas.
J Pain Symptom Manage ; 63(4): e349-e356, 2022 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1587174
ABSTRACT
CONTEXT The COVID-19 pandemic strongly challenged healthcare workers, disrupting their work routine and impacting on their professional life. A previous investigation explored levels of burnout and psychological morbidity among palliative care professionals (PCPs) during COVID-19 first wave.

OBJECTIVE:

To update data about burnout and psychological morbidity among PCPs after a year of COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS:

The same questionnaires on burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI) and psychological morbidity (General Health Questionnaire 12 items, GHQ-12) were administered a year after. Differences in MBI and GHQ-12 scores obtained in the two studies (COVID2020 and COVID2021), as well as distributions of PCPs showing burnout symptoms and psychological morbidity were analyzed and compared. We also explored the association between the three dimensions of burnout and socio-demographic and professional characteristics.

RESULTS:

The sample consisted of 145 PCPs (59% physicians and 41% nurses). Response rate (70.4%) was quite similar to the previous study (73.2%). No differences were observed in the frequency of burnout between COVID2021 and COVID2020; the PCPs in COVID2021 reported marginally higher level of EE (P = .049) and this result is confirmed in physicians (P = .010) while no difference was observed in nurses (P = .326). In addition, the percentage of cases showing psychological morbidity significantly decreased.

CONCLUSION:

Our findings show stable levels of burnout and decreasing levels of psychological morbidity among PCPs one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, more research is needed to detail the significance of emotional exhaustion dimension, a variable influenced by the survey.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Burnout, Professional / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Pain Symptom Manage Journal subject: Neurology / Psychophysiology / Therapeutics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.jpainsymman.2021.12.027

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Burnout, Professional / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research / Randomized controlled trials Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: J Pain Symptom Manage Journal subject: Neurology / Psychophysiology / Therapeutics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.jpainsymman.2021.12.027