Risk of healthcare worker burnout in africa during the covid-19 pandemic

Jose D. Debes; Nasreen S. Quadri; Amir Sultan; Mirghani Yousif; Sophia Ibrahim Ali; Johnstone Kayandabila; Ifeorah Ijeoma; Kenneth Ssebambulidde; Lucy Ochola; Abdelmajeed Moussa

doi:10.5334/aogh.3150

Risk of healthcare worker burnout in africa during the covid-19 pandemic

Jose D. Debes, Nasreen S. Quadri, Amir Sultan, Mirghani Yousif, Sophia Ibrahim Ali, Johnstone Kayandabila, Ifeorah Ijeoma, Kenneth Ssebambulidde, Lucy Ochola, Abdelmajeed Moussa

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Abstract

COVID-19 is now impacting every country in Africa and healthcare workers (HCWs) across the continent remain susceptible to professional burnout. We designed a 43-question survey addressing multiple aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was anonymous, distributed via email and phone messaging to 13 countries in Africa. We obtained 489 analyzable responses. 49% off HCWs reported a decrease in income, with the majority experiencing between 1–25% salary reduction. Sixty-six percent reported some access to personal protective equipment (PPE), 20% had no access to PPE and only 14% reported proper access. Strikingly, the percentage reporting never feeling depressed changed from 61% before the pandemic to 31% during the pandemic, with an increase in daily depression from 2% to 20%. We found no association between depression and change in income, household size, availability of PPE or lockdown. Safety concerns related to stigma from being HCWs affected 56% of respondents.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	5
Pages (from-to)	1-4
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of global health
Volume	87
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3150
State	Published - 2021

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Funding Information:
Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AFMDP (number n/a), University of Minnesota (number n/a), and NIH-NCI R21 CA215883-01A1 all to JDD.

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© 2021 The Author(s).

Keywords

Adult
Africa/epidemiology
Burnout, Professional/epidemiology
COVID-19/psychology
Depression/epidemiology
Female
Health Personnel/psychology
Humans
Income/statistics & numerical data
Male
Personal Protective Equipment/supply & distribution
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2
Safety
Social Stigma
Surveys and Questionnaires
Workload/psychology

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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