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Burnout among Nurses Working in Ethiopia.
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- Burnout Syndrome Predictors in Nursing Professionals During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Demographic Variances of Burnout Prevalence Among Healthcare Workers of a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana.Health services insights · 2026Article
- Work motivation and associated factors among nurses working in public hospitals of the Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia.Frontiers in health services · 2025Article
- Prevalence of burnout syndrome among anesthesiologists, anesthesia technicians, and intensive care unit nurses in Palestinian hospitals: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Professional quality of life and job satisfaction among nurses working at tertiary hospitals in central Ethiopia.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Prevalence of burnout and associated factors among midwives, 2023: institution-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Burnout and resilience at work among health professionals serving in tertiary hospitals, in Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Mattering perception, work engagement and its relation to burnout amongst nurses during coronavirus outbreak.Nursing open · 2022Article
- Determinants of emotional exhaustion among nursing workforce in urban Ghana: a cross-sectional study.BMC nursing · 2020Article
- Magnitude and Associated Factors of Burnout Syndrome Among Healthcare Professionals Workers in Intensive Care Units, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundBurnout is a condition of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low personal accomplishment that can occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity. Nursing is a stressful profession that deals with human aspects of health and illness and can ultimately lead to job dissatisfaction and burnout. Although burnout among nurses has been addressed in previous research, the heterogeneous nature of the result findings highlights the need for a detailed meta-analysis in Ethiopia. Thus, this review is aimed at identifying the prevalence of burnout among nurses in Ethiopia.
methodsA search strategy was implemented using electronic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Africa-Wide Information, and African Index Medicus) which were systematically searched online to retrieve related articles using keywords. Studies which were included in this review were written in the English language because writing articles in other languages in Ethiopia is uncommon. The combination of key terms including "burnout", "nurse" and "Ethiopia", "systematic review" and protocols was used. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis checklist guideline was followed stepwise. All published articles starting from inception to February 2020 were included, and we did not find unpublished studies. Heterogeneity across the included studies was evaluated by the inconsistency index. All statistical analysis was done using R and RStudio software for Windows, and a random-effects model was applied to estimate the overall prevalence of burnout among nurses in Ethiopia. It is registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020188092).
resultsThe database searched produced 1060 papers. After adjustment for duplicates and inclusion and exclusion criteria, seven articles with 1654 total nurses were found suitable for the review. Except for one cohort study, all studies were cross-sectional. The overall pooled prevalence of burnout among Ethiopian nurses was estimated to be 39% (95% CI: 27%-50%).
conclusionsBurnout affects two out of five nurses in Ethiopia. Therefore, effective interventions and strategies are required to reduce burnout among nurses.
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