TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk of healthcare worker burnout in africa during the covid-19 pandemic
AU - Debes, Jose D.
AU - Quadri, Nasreen S.
AU - Sultan, Amir
AU - Yousif, Mirghani
AU - Ali, Sophia Ibrahim
AU - Kayandabila, Johnstone
AU - Ijeoma, Ifeorah
AU - Ssebambulidde, Kenneth
AU - Ochola, Lucy
AU - Moussa, Abdelmajeed
N1 - 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.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.5334/aogh.3150
DO - 10.5334/aogh.3150
M3 - Letter
C2 - 33505864
AN - SCOPUS:85099814548
SN - 0027-2507
VL - 87
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Annals of global health
JF - Annals of global health
M1 - 5
ER -
