Abstract

SALIHU, Mumeen O.; MAKANJUOLA, Alfred B.; ABIODUN, Olatunji A.  and  KURANGA, Amudalat T.. Predictors of burnout among resident doctors in a Nigerian teaching hospital. S. Afr. j. psyc. [online]. 2023, vol.29, n.1, pp.1-9. ISSN 2078-6786.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v29i0.2017.

BACKGROUND: Burnout is a psychological syndrome resulting from exposure to chronic work-related stress. There are, however, a few works of literature on burnout among trainee doctors in Nigeria AIM: To determine the prevalence of burnout and its predictors among resident doctors across 16 medical specialties and/or subspecialties SETTING: The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Nigeria METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 176 resident doctors between October 2020 and January 2021. The survey included the Proforma and Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey for Medical Personnel (MBI-HSS MP RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 35.10 (SD 4.07) years. The prevalence of burnout was 21.6% for high emotional exhaustion (EE), 13.6% for high depersonalization (DP), and 30.7% for low personal accomplishment (PA). Being a younger resident doctor aged 31-35 (OR = 3.715, 95% CI [1.270 - 10.871]) was the only significant predictor for the EE. Predictors of DP included the age group 31-35 years (OR = 7.143, 95% CI [2.297 - 22.216]), duty hours >50 hours per week (OR = 2.984, 95% CI [1.203 - 7.401]), and presence of work-related stress (OR = 3.701, 95% CI [1.315 - 10.421]). A good relationship with colleagues negatively predicted low PA (OR = 0.221, 95% CI [0.086 - 0.572 CONCLUSION: High levels of burnout are prevalent among resident doctors, comparable to international studies. Therefore, the government and other relevant stakeholders must drive legislation and formulate policies toward addressing the work-related factors associated with burnout in the Nigerian healthcare industry CONTRIBUTION: This study highlighted the determinants of burnout among Nigerian resident doctors, which necessitates targeted interventions to address them

Keywords : burnout; maslach burnout inventory; predictors; resident doctors; teaching hospital; Ilorin; Nigeria.

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