Prevalence of Burnout among Individuals Deployed in Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Background: Continuous workload can create burnout and psychological health issues to any professional. Due to COVID-19 pandemic essential service staffs may felt increase workload and change official timing.

Methods: To assess the workload and burnout among essential professionals deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a questioner-based cross-sectional survey using Oldenburg Burnout Inventory and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale.

Results: Result found that mean age of the participants 30.98±7.52 and 62.2 % male and 37.8 % participants were female. Significant level of burnout was present among the professionals.

Conclusion: Burnout is common in professionals due to increased workload. Most of the time individual seemed to be concern and anxious of getting the infection and infecting family members. These factors result in reduced functioning and increase in burnout during COVID-19.

Keywords: Burnout, COVID-19, Essential Services, Professional, Pandemic