AUTHOR=Zhao Zixuan , Li Qiusha , Yang Chunxiao , Zhang Zhongzheng , Chen Zhongming , Yin Wenqiang 

TITLE=Job burnout and its influencing factors among village doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1388831

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2024.1388831

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=<sec id="sec1"><title>Objective</title><p>The aim of this study is to understand the job burnout of village doctors during the COVID-19 epidemic and its influencing factors, and to provide a reference for effectively alleviating the job burnout of village doctors.</p></sec><sec id="sec2"><title>Methods</title><p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted among village doctors in S province in December 2021. The survey included a general information questionnaire and the CMBI Burnout Scale. Epidata was used for dual input, and descriptive analysis, <italic>t</italic>-test, chi-square test, and binary Logistic regression for statistical analysis were used.</p></sec><sec id="sec3"><title>Results</title><p>A total of 993 village doctors participated in the survey. Most of them were male village doctors (62.84%), with an average age of 46.57 (SD = 7.50). Village doctors believed that the impact of the epidemic on work was serious, with a score of 3.87 ± 0.91. The economic support was small, with a score of 2.31 ± 0.99. The development space was low, with a score of 2.62 ± 0.98. The overall incidence of burnout was 53.47%. In the burnout group, 54.05% were mild, 33.14% were moderate, and 12.81% were severe. The high degree of difficulty in using WeChat (<italic>OR</italic> = 1.436, 95%<italic>CI</italic>: 1.229–1.679), high work pressure (<italic>OR</italic> = 1.857, 95%<italic>CI</italic>: 1.409–2.449), high risk of practice (<italic>OR</italic> = 1.138, 95%<italic>CI</italic>: 1.004–1.289), less economic support (<italic>OR</italic> = 0.825, 95%<italic>CI</italic>: 0.684–0.995), less technical support (<italic>OR</italic> = 0.696, 95%<italic>CI</italic>: 0.565–0.858), and poor emotional support (<italic>OR</italic> = 0.632, 95%<italic>CI</italic>: 0.513–0.780) were more likely to have job burnout.</p></sec><sec id="sec4"><title>Conclusion</title><p>Burnout is a common phenomenon among village doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic, which needs to be prevented and alleviated by various measures.</p></sec>