Burnout among Indian Maternity Care Providers during COVID-19 Pandemic

[摘要] Background: Occupational burnout among healthcare providers has been a matter of focus sincemany years. Burnout can involve emotional and physical exhaustion and cause reduced acknowledgement of personal accomplishment. Burnout can be accentuated in times of increased stress onhealthcare system, like during the current episode of COVID-19 pandemic. Maternity careproviders (MCP) face unique challenge in the given context owing to longer duty hours, highexposure to emergency situations and high expectation of deliverance.Subjects and Method: An online, nationwide, invited survey was conducted involving 198 MCP(28 interns, 52 residents, 82 consultant/faculty, 36 staff nurses) who were assessed for burnoutand professional fulfillment using Professional fulfillment index (PFI), for self-preparednessregarding COVID-19 using Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) questionnaire and for familysupport using another questionnaire.Results: The prevalence of burnout in MCP was 36.36%. It was significantly high among internsposted in maternity services (64.28%) and least amongst obstetrics residents (26.92%). MCP withburnout tended to have higher number of night-shifts and employment in government set-ups.Subjects with burnout also scored lower on KAP questionnaire and, professional fulfillment andworse family support.Conclusion: The prevalence of burnout in MCP was quite high, but our study could not find anysignificant rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional design and possible selection biaswere the major limitations of our study. Our study provides important clues required in the microplanning that can help lessen the burden of burnout in MCP.

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[关键词] burnout;maternity care provider;obstetrics;professional fulfillment;COVID-19