Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Burnout syndrome has affected many doctors globally, and this problem has caused various negative impacts on public health services such as reduced productivity and reduced quality care of patients. Various factors were associated with burnout among doctors, but the factors vary in different countri...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Hazim Mohammad, Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Nornazirah Ahmad Kamarudin, Lim, Mei Ching, Ahmad Syukri Radzran, Muhamad Hanif Mohd Deris, Mohamad Hafiz Mukhsam
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spelling my.ums.eprints.300212021-07-22T02:50:42Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30021/ Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Ahmad Hazim Mohammad Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin Nornazirah Ahmad Kamarudin Lim, Mei Ching Ahmad Syukri Radzran Muhamad Hanif Mohd Deris Mohamad Hafiz Mukhsam BF Psychology RA Public aspects of medicine Burnout syndrome has affected many doctors globally, and this problem has caused various negative impacts on public health services such as reduced productivity and reduced quality care of patients. Various factors were associated with burnout among doctors, but the factors vary in different countries. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of burnout among public service medical officers in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, who were involved in combating the Covid-19 outbreaks. A cross-sectional study involving 201 medical officers working in all government hospitals and health clinics was carried out. Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), the prevalence of personal-related and work-related burnout were 61.2% and 48.8% respectively, while the prevalence of client-related burnout was 39.8%. Working in different medical departments and the length of working experience were the significant associated risk factors of burnout among the doctors. Meanwhile, other predictors were found not to be significantly associated with the prevalence of burnout. The prevalence of burnout among medical officers in Kota Kinabalu was relatively high especially among the less experienced doctors and among those who work in surgical based departments, and these issues require multilevel interventions which involve policymakers in the Ministry of Health, organizational and administrative managers at the various health departments and the medical officers themselves Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30021/2/Occupational%20burnout%20among%20public%20medical%20officers%20during%20the%20early%20stage%20of%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah%20ABSTRACT.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30021/3/Occupational%20burnout%20among%20public%20medical%20officers%20during%20the%20early%20stage%20of%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah%20FULL%20TEXT.pdf Ahmad Hazim Mohammad and Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin and Nornazirah Ahmad Kamarudin and Lim, Mei Ching and Ahmad Syukri Radzran and Muhamad Hanif Mohd Deris and Mohamad Hafiz Mukhsam (2021) Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 21 (1). pp. 317-326. ISSN 1675-0306 (P-ISSN) , 2590-3829 (E-ISSN) http://mjphm.org/index.php/mjphm/article/view/893/231 https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.1/art.893
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RA Public aspects of medicine
Ahmad Hazim Mohammad
Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin
Nornazirah Ahmad Kamarudin
Lim, Mei Ching
Ahmad Syukri Radzran
Muhamad Hanif Mohd Deris
Mohamad Hafiz Mukhsam
Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
description Burnout syndrome has affected many doctors globally, and this problem has caused various negative impacts on public health services such as reduced productivity and reduced quality care of patients. Various factors were associated with burnout among doctors, but the factors vary in different countries. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated risk factors of burnout among public service medical officers in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, who were involved in combating the Covid-19 outbreaks. A cross-sectional study involving 201 medical officers working in all government hospitals and health clinics was carried out. Using the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), the prevalence of personal-related and work-related burnout were 61.2% and 48.8% respectively, while the prevalence of client-related burnout was 39.8%. Working in different medical departments and the length of working experience were the significant associated risk factors of burnout among the doctors. Meanwhile, other predictors were found not to be significantly associated with the prevalence of burnout. The prevalence of burnout among medical officers in Kota Kinabalu was relatively high especially among the less experienced doctors and among those who work in surgical based departments, and these issues require multilevel interventions which involve policymakers in the Ministry of Health, organizational and administrative managers at the various health departments and the medical officers themselves
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author Ahmad Hazim Mohammad
Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin
Nornazirah Ahmad Kamarudin
Lim, Mei Ching
Ahmad Syukri Radzran
Muhamad Hanif Mohd Deris
Mohamad Hafiz Mukhsam
author_facet Ahmad Hazim Mohammad
Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin
Nornazirah Ahmad Kamarudin
Lim, Mei Ching
Ahmad Syukri Radzran
Muhamad Hanif Mohd Deris
Mohamad Hafiz Mukhsam
author_sort Ahmad Hazim Mohammad
title Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_short Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_full Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_fullStr Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
title_sort occupational burnout among public medical officers during the early stage of covid-19 pandemic in kota kinabalu, sabah
publisher Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30021/2/Occupational%20burnout%20among%20public%20medical%20officers%20during%20the%20early%20stage%20of%20COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Kota%20Kinabalu%2C%20Sabah%20ABSTRACT.pdf
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