ArticleBMJ open2022
Burnout and its associated factors among healthcare workers and the general working population in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide cross-sectional internet-based study.
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- Prevalence and influencing factors of occupational burnout among healthcare workers in the Chinese mainland during the late 2022 Omicron COVID-19 outbreak: a multicenter cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Burnout Syndrome in Serbian Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of burnout among working adults in Southeast Asia: results from a public health assessment.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Emotional distress and burnout at a fever clinic in China: Comparison between different periods of COVID-19.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Burnout Among Healthcare Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic: Results from Seven Hospitals in Western Greece.Materia socio-medica · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo examine the prevalence and the associated factors of burnout among both healthcare workers (HCWs) and the general working population, which has not yet been unknown, using large-scale, nationwide data.
designCross-sectional internet-based study.
settingNationwide internet survey conducted between 8 and 26 February 2021 in Japan.
participantsWorkers aged 20-64 years. We classified the workers as HCWs and the general working population. EXPOSURES: Demographic characteristics (age, sex and marital status), socioeconomic status (education, employment and income), health-related, work-related and industry-related factors (smoking, alcohol use, physical and psychiatric comorbidities, working hours, types of healthcare professionals, experience on the COVID-19 frontline and working industries).
main outcome measuresBurnout defined as a score of ≥3 points on the Mini-Z Single-Item Burnout Scale.
resultsOf the included 12 650 workers, 1087 were HCWs. After inverse probability weighting on data from the 2016 Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions, burnout in HCWs and the general working population was 33.5% (95% CI 29.2% to 38.0%) and 31.0% (95% CI 29.7% to 32.4%), respectively. In the weighted multivariable modified Poisson regression models, working 60 hours or more was associated with burnout in all workers (HCWs: prevalence ratio (PR) 2.52, 95% CI 1.68 to 3.76; general population: PR 1.26, 95% CI 1.07 to 1.48). Widowed/separated compared with married was associated with burnout only among HCWs (PR 1.69, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.47), whereas presence of physical or psychiatric comorbidities was associated with burnout among the general working population (PR 1.14, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.28; and PR 1.65, 95% CI 1.45 to 1.87, respectively).
conclusionsBurnout was prevalent in both HCWs and the general working population in Japan. Both common and specific risk factors were observed. Our findings highlight the need for the general workplace policy and targeted interventions for burnout prevention.
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