Abstract
Objective: This study was conducted to determine the levels of burnout, job satisfaction and life satisfaction of healthcare professıonals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with the participation of 227 healthcare professionals. Data were collected online, between the dates of May 15th and July 15th 2021 by using Maslach Burnout Inventory, Job Satisfaction Inventory and Life Satisfaction Inventory. In the analysis of data, descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis test and Correlation analysis were used.
Results: Of the participants 63% were women, 33.5% were in the 30-39 age group, 96.5% were university graduates, 39.2% were nurses and 55.1% were working in secondary health institution. Maslach Emotional Exhaustion mean score was 20.37±37.71, Maslach Depersonalization mean score was 8.75±3.39, Maslach Personal Accomplishment mean score was 14.07±5.18, Job Satisfaction mean score was 2.83±0.98 and Life Satisfaction mean score was 12.89±4.35. Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization were found to be higher and life satisfaction were found to be lower in women. Emotional exhaustion was higher and personel accomplishment was significantly lower in nurses-midwives and those with COVID-19 infection. In those who work both day and night shifts, who work for 0-4 years and in the 20-29 age group, depersonalization was significantly higher. In addition, the mean job satisfaction score was found to be significantly higher in those who were single and who worked only daytime (p<0.05).
Conclusion: It was observed that the job satisfaction and life satisfaction of health professionals were moderate. In addition emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores were moderate and personal accomplishment scores were low level.