- Prevalence of burnout, defined by Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI), by multiple factors among health care workers working during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Characteristics | CBI scale | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No work burnout n (%) | Work burnout present n (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Female | 96 (24.1) | 302 (75.9) | 0.551 |
| Male | 65 (26.2) | 183 (73.8) | |
| Age | |||
| 22 to 26 | 43 (27.6) | 113 (72.4) | <0.0001 |
| 27 to 31 | 28 (15.5) | 153 (84.5) | |
| 32 to 39 | 30 (20.8) | 114 (79.2) | |
| 40 and above | 60 (36.4) | 105 (63.6) | |
| Nationality | |||
| Saudi | 80 (23.0) | 268 (77.0) | 0.219 |
| Non-Saudi | 81 (27.2) | 217 (72.8) | |
| Administration region of employment | |||
| Riyadh region | 113 (25.1) | 337 (74.9) | 0.771 |
| Mecca Region | 17 (20.7) | 65 (79.3) | |
| Eastern Region | 20 (26.7) | 55 (73.3) | |
| Other Regions | 11 (28.2) | 28 (71.8) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single | 69 (23.5) | 225 (76.5) | 0.097 |
| Married | 92 (27.3) | 245 (72.7) | |
| Divorced | 0 (0.0) | 12 (100) | |
| Widowed | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100) | |
| Number of children | |||
| No children | 81 (23.1) | 270 (76.9) | 0.554 |
| One child | 29 (26.1) | 82 (73.9) | |
| 2 to 3 children | 36 (26.3) | 101 (73.7) | |
| More than 3 children | 15 (31.9) | 32 (68.1) | |
| Social status of the family | |||
| Less than 10,000 Saudi Riyal/month | 59 (25.3) | 174 (74.7) | 0.548 |
| From 10,001 to 20,000 Saudi Riyal/month | 52 (22.0) | 184 (78.0) | |
| From 20,001 to 40,000 Saudi Riyal/month | 35 (28.2) | 89 (71.8) | |
| More than 40,000 Saudi Riyal/month | 15 (28.3) | 38 (71.7) | |
| Do you smoke? | |||
| Yes | 22 (20.6) | 85 (79.4) | 0.158 |
| I quit | 5 (14.7) | 29 (85.3) | |
| No | 134 (26.5) | 371 (73.5) | |
| Job title | |||
| Others | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | 0.001 |
| Intern | 36 (35.0) | 67 (65.0) | |
| Resident doctor | 18 (14.6) | 105 (85.4) | |
| Specialist doctor | 9 (32.1) | 19 (67.9) | |
| Consultant doctor | 19 (44.2) | 24 (55.8) | |
| Nurse | 70 (23.3) | 231 (76.7) | |
| Paramedic | 2 (11.1) | 16 (88.9) | |
| Allied health care worker | 2 (14.3) | 12 (85.7) | |
| Pharmacist | 3 (30.0) | 7 (70.0) | |
| Other | 15 (27.8) | 39 (72.2) | 0.458 |
| Emergency department | 19 (18.6) | 83 (81.4) | |
| Intensive care unit | 13 (23.6) | 42 (76.4) | |
| Infectious | 6 (31.6) | 13 (68.4) | |
| Surgical | 23 (21.5) | 84 (78.5) | |
| Medical | 85 (27.5) | 224 (72.5) | |
| Less than one year | 44 (30.1) | 102 (69.9) | 0.002 |
| 1-5 years | 20 (13.7) | 126 (86.3) | |
| 5-10 years | 27 (23.5) | 88 (76.5) | |
| More than 10 years | 70 (29.3) | 169 (70.7) | |
| Comorbidities/chronic diseases: | |||
| Yes | 33 (23.2) | 109 (76.8) | 0.600 |
| None | 128 (25.4) | 376 (74.6) | |
| Have your working hours increased during the COVID-19 pandemic? | |||
| Yes | 45 (14.8) | 260 (85.2) | <0.0001 |
| No | 116 (34.0) | 225 (66.0) | |
| Previous experience in working during pandemics? (SARS, H1N1, MERS) | |||
| Yes | 57 (23.7) | 184 (76.3) | 0.565 |
| No | 104 (25.7) | 301 (74.3) | |
| Sleeping hours per day (on average) | |||
| More than 8 | 15 (34.9) | 28 (65.1) | 0.007 |
| 6 to 8 | 103 (28.3) | 261 (71.7) | |
| 4 to 6 | 43 (18.7) | 187 (81.3) | |
| Less than 4 | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100) | |
| During the past 3 months, how many people with COVID-19 infection were you exposed to? | |||
| None | 52 (41.9) | 72 (58.1) | <0.0001 |
| 1 to 5 | 56 (30.6) | 127 (69.4) | |
| 6 to 10 | 13 (14.9) | 74 (85.1) | |
| 11 to 20 | 13 (18.1) | 59 (81.9) | |
| 21 to 40 | 13 (23.6) | 42 (76.4) | |
| More than 40 | 14 (11.2) | 111 (88.8) | |
| How many times were you tested for COVID-19? | |||
| None | 104 (29.4) | 250 (70.6) | 0.010 |
| 1 | 42 (23.9) | 134 (76.1) | |
| 2 | 8 (12.9) | 54 (87.1) | |
| 3 to 5 | 7 (14.6) | 41 (85.4) | |
| More than 5 | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) | |
| Did you test positive for COVID-19? | |||
| Yes | 10 (16.7) | 50 (83.3) | 0.133 |
| No | 86 (24.0) | 273 (76.0) | |
| Did not test | 65 (28.6) | 162 (71.4) | |
| Have you had any specific training related to the COVID-19 pandemic? | |||
| Yes | 84 (25.8) | 241 (74.2) | 0.585 |
| No | 77 (24.0) | 244 (76.0) | |
| Do you feel you are being pushed to deal with COVID-19 patients? | |||
| Yes | 20 (9.8) | 185 (90.2) | <0.0001 |
| No | 113 (36.1) | 200 (63.9) | |
| Not sure | 28 (21.9) | 100 (78.1) | |
| Has your institution made psychological or mental health support available to you? | |||
| Yes | 79 (28.2) | 201 (71.8) | 0.191 |
| No | 50 (21.3) | 185 (78.7) | |
| I don’t know | 32 (24.4) | 99 (75.6) | |
SARS: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, H1N1: swine flu, MERS: Middle East respiratory syndrome