# Burnout Among Health Professionals Working in Intensive Care Units of Southern Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

## TL;DR

This study found that nearly 40% of health professionals in intensive care units in southern Ethiopia experience burnout, with night shifts and heavy workloads being significant risk factors.

## Contribution

The study provides new insights into burnout prevalence and its predictors among health professionals in southern Ethiopia's intensive care units.

## Key findings

- The overall prevalence of burnout syndrome among health professionals was 38.1%.
- Night shift workers were 4.15 times more likely to experience burnout compared to day shift workers.
- Factors like workload, fear of patient death, and lack of overtime pay were linked to burnout.

## Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of burnout among health professionals working in intensive care units.

After receiving ethical clearance from the institutional review board of Dilla University College of Health Sciences with protocol unique number duirb/033/23-05, a multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted. Binary and multivariate logistic regressions were used to assess the relationship between burnout syndrome as dependent and various personal job factors as independent factors.

The overall prevalence of BOS among HCPs working in the selected university hospitals of southern Ethiopia is 38.1%. Health professionals who worked at night duty were 4.15 times more likely to be in a state of burnout as compared to those who were on day duty shift [AOR = 4.15, 95%CI (1.27–13.58)].

Burnout is a great public health concern. Age, marital status, workload, working the night shift, fear of patient death, less quipped setup, and absence of extra-time duty payment were among the predictive variables.