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Health care worker burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic

A cross-sectional survey study in Saudi Arabia

Loui K. Alsulimani, Abdulrahman M. Farhat, Renad A. Borah, Jumanah A. AlKhalifah, Salman M. Alyaseen, Sumaeah M. Alghamdi and Malak J. Bajnaid
Saudi Medical Journal March 2021, 42 (3) 306-314; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20200812
Loui K. Alsulimani
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulrahman M. Farhat
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Renad A. Borah
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jumanah A. AlKhalifah
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Salman M. Alyaseen
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sumaeah M. Alghamdi
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Malak J. Bajnaid
From the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alsulimani), from the Faculty of Medicine (Bajnaid), King Abdulaziz University; from the Faculty of Medicine (Borah), Batterjee Medical College, Jeddah; from the Faculty of Medicine (Farhat), Sulaiman Alrajhi College of Medicine, Al Bukairyah; from the Faculty of Medicine (AlKhalifah), King Faisal University, AlAhsaa; from the Faculty of Medicine (Alyaseen), Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh; and from the Faculty of Medicine (Alghamdi), Albaha University, Albaha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2021, 42 (3) 306-314; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20200812

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Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2021, 42 (3) 306-314; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.3.20200812
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