Prevalence of burnout among home health care staff members in Saudi Arabia, 2010

دراسة إنتشار إستنفاذ مقدمي الرعاية المنزلية الصحية في السعودية عام 2014

Prevalence of burnout among home health carestaff members in Saudi Arabia, 2010

S.A. Dhahi

Preventive Medicine, Home Health Care Services, North West ArmedForces Hospital Administration, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Background.– The Home Health Care Services (HHCS) in Saudi Ara-bia provides quality care to its patients of which 87% are geriatrics.Due to the nature of work however, its staff members are prone to burnout. Burnout, as a type of prolonged response to chronic job-related stressors, has potentially very serious consequence for workers, their client, and the larger institutions in which they inter-act (MBI Manual 1996).

Objectives and methods.– A cross-sectional study to determinethe prevalence of burnout among HHCS staff at secondary and tertiary care hospitals in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Medina and Tabuk, using a self-administered questionnaire namely: sociodemographic with job characteristics and Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Services Survey.

Results.– About 87% of the 160 questionnaires were validly completed and the analysis showed the prevalence of burnout among HHCS staff was very low. However, emotional exhaustion level was high among non-Saudi (P = 0.018) while the depersonalization level was high among Saudi staff (P = 0.044). Personal accomplishment was high among staff that practice recreational activities(P = 0.027).

Conclusion.– The overall prevalence of burnout among HHCS staff was very low. Surprisingly, the personal accomplishment level was very high. Recommendation: Having incentives and stress management workshops will reduce stress and burnout among HHCS staff.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurger.2012.07.113

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