Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an unpredictable
healthcare crisis with a high psychological burden on
healthcare workers . Objective To evaluate
burnout levels and their associated demographics and occupational factors among
intensive care unit healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in a single
hospital in the city of Temuco,
Chile .
Methods A cross-sectional design in which a sociodemographic
questionnaire and the Maslach
Burnout Inventory for
Human Services were sent to
health care workers in a single Chilean
Intensive Care Unit during the
pandemic COVID-19.
Burnout levels, demographic, and occupational factors are reported using descriptive
statistics ; correlations between
burnout levels and demographic-occupational factors were analyzed using Spearman's and rank-biserial correlation coefficients; and multiple linear stepwise regression was used to assess the contribution of demographic and occupational factors to participants'
burnout levels. Results A total of 84 participants (46
women and 38
men ) were included in the
analysis .
Depersonalization and low personal
accomplishment were evidenced in 95.2% and 98.8% of the
intensive care unit healthcare workers , respectively.
Emotional exhaustion was positively correlated with having
children ( = 0.72; < 0.01). Age ( = 0.79; < 0.05),
sex ( = 0.30; < 0.05), and prior experience in
intensive care unit facilities ( = 0.71; < 0.05) were correlated with
depersonalization .
Feeling of personal
accomplishment was positively correlated with with
sex ( = 0.70; < 0.05) and type of
work shift ( = 0.29; < 0.01). Conclusions The
intensive care unit healthcare workers in this study reported high levels of
depersonalization and low
feelings of personal
accomplishment during an advanced stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Older age, being
female , having
children , having
intensive care unit experience, and working at 4th shift were factors related to
burnout dimensions.