Burnout among healthcare providers: Its prevalence and association with anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in Macao, China

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 3; p. e0283239
• Main Authors: Zheng, Yu, Tang, Pou Kuan, Lin, Guohua, Liu, Jiayu, Hu, Hao, Wu, Anise Man Sze, Ung, Carolina Oi Lam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 16.03.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Anxiety; Anxiety - epidemiology; Biology and Life Sciences; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout; Burnout, Psychological; China; China - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Denmark; Depression - epidemiology; Depression, Mental; Design; Drug stores; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Female; Health aspects; Health care; Health care industry; Health Personnel; Humans; Infections; Investigations; Longitudinal studies; Macau; Male; Medical personnel; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Pandemics; Pharmacists; Prevalence; Psychological aspects; Public health; Public sector; Questionnaires; Research and Analysis Methods; Risk factors; Social networks; Social Sciences; Stress; Surveys; Validity; Workers; Workforce; Macau; China; Denmark; Macao

Burnout in healthcare providers (HPs) might lead to negative consequences at personal, patient-care and healthcare system levels especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of burnout and the contributing variables, and to explore how, from health workforc...