Burnout Syndrome among Medical Workers at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Nairobi, Kenya
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2014Author
Kokonya, Donald A
Mburu, John M
Kathuku, Dammas M
Ndetei, DM
Adam, Adam H
Nshimirimana, Desire A
Biraboneye, Phocas S
Kpoto, Louise Mapleh
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Background:
Little has been documented on the extent of the impact of work environment, interpersonal
relationships, coping mechanisms and the burnout syndrome on medical workers in Kenya. Worldwide, medical
workers have been found to be vulnerable to burnout syndrome, which in turn lowers the quality of their lives and
health services provision.
Objective:
To establish the prevalence rate of and factors associated with burnout syndrome among medical
workers at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Setting:
Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Design:
Descriptive cross-sectional.
Subjects:
Three hundred and forty five (345) medical practitioners and nurses with six or
more
months of work
experience at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Outcome measures:
Prevalence rate, socio-demographic characteristics, factors associated with and influencing
burnout syndrome among the medical workers at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Methods:
Proportionate allocation and simple random sampling strategy were used to recruit medical
practitioners and nurses on the basis of qualifications, departments and distribution.
Results:
The crude prevalence rate of burnout syndrome was 95.4%. All sociodemographic factors and work
environment related factors were found to be strongly contributing to their burnout syndrome. The burnout syndrome
for socio-demographic factors were in excess of 95.0 and ‘self-factors’ contributed 14.0%. Patients and their
relatives contributed 40.5% while work environment contributed the largest proportion (55.5%) of the total scores for
burnout intensity.
Conclusion:
Burnout syndrome was found to be high among medical workers at KNH, Nairobi. The prevalence
rate (95.4%) in this study was higher than that found in studies in other countries worldwide (66.0%). The major
contributors to burnout intensity scores were work environment (56.0%), patients’ relatives (41.0%) and self factors
(14.0%).
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Citation
Kokonya et al., J Psychiatry 2014, 17:6Publisher
University of Nairobi
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