TY - JOUR
T1 - Burnout in Healthcare Professionals in Latin America in times of COVID-19
AU - Caldichoury-Obando, Nicole
AU - Ripoll-Córdoba, Daniela
AU - Morales-Asencio, Breiner
AU - Ibañez-Reyes, Sandy
AU - Flórez, Yuliana
AU - Reyes-Cervantes, Claudia
AU - Coronado-López, Juancarlos
AU - Gargiulo, Pascual A.
AU - Quispe-Ayala, César
AU - Herrera-Pino, Jorge
AU - Cárdenas, Juan
AU - Flores-Poma, Irina
AU - Rojas-Orellana, Félix
AU - Ocampo-Barba, Ninoska
AU - Cuevas-Montes, Franklin
AU - Camargo, Loida
AU - Martínez, Juan
AU - Salazar, David
AU - Soto-Añari, Marcio
AU - Castellanos, César
AU - Zurita-Cueva, Boris
AU - Quispe-Rodriguez, Indalecio
AU - López, Norman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of healthcare workers. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of Burnout and its associated factors in a sample of healthcare professionals in Latin America. Method: In a cross-sectional multicenter study, 5.437 health professionals from 6 Latin America countries were included. The Mini-Z adapted, and a demographic questionnaire was used. The prevalence of burnout was estimated from the cut-off points of the instrument, and binary logistic regression was performed. Results: 59.8% of the surveyed population suffered from burnout. A higher risk was found in professionals from Argentina (OR = 0.673; P<.001), young health workers (OR = 0.975; P<.001), women (OR = 0.847; P<.001), public sector workers (OR = 1.352; P<.001), specialists (OR = 1.352; P<.001) and general practitioners (OR = 1.363; P<.001). Conclusions: The prevalence of burnout among health professionals in Latin America is high. It is essential to offer psychosocial care programs for health personnel to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on their mental health.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of healthcare workers. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of Burnout and its associated factors in a sample of healthcare professionals in Latin America. Method: In a cross-sectional multicenter study, 5.437 health professionals from 6 Latin America countries were included. The Mini-Z adapted, and a demographic questionnaire was used. The prevalence of burnout was estimated from the cut-off points of the instrument, and binary logistic regression was performed. Results: 59.8% of the surveyed population suffered from burnout. A higher risk was found in professionals from Argentina (OR = 0.673; P<.001), young health workers (OR = 0.975; P<.001), women (OR = 0.847; P<.001), public sector workers (OR = 1.352; P<.001), specialists (OR = 1.352; P<.001) and general practitioners (OR = 1.363; P<.001). Conclusions: The prevalence of burnout among health professionals in Latin America is high. It is essential to offer psychosocial care programs for health personnel to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on their mental health.
KW - Burnout
KW - COVID-19
KW - Healthcare professionals
KW - Latin America
KW - Mental health
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rcp.2024.04.008
DO - 10.1016/j.rcp.2024.04.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85193629906
SN - 0034-7450
JO - Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria
JF - Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatria
ER -