Assessment of Burnout and Its Determinants Among Healthcare Professionals: A Workplace Wellness Approach
Samina Badr
Keywords: Burnout, health workers, OLBI, laboratory, leadership
ABSTRACT
Introduction: There should be a good communication and cooperation among the staff of laboratory. Laboratory work is very technically difficult requiring a healthy physical and mental health. The laboratorians should have to be trained regularly for stress management, decision making and empathy. The CEO should encourage them by appreciating and recognizing their honesty, hard work and commendable services for the lab. This further adds to the contribution of the laboratorians and saves from burnout at the workplace even when there is heavy work load.
Objective: This study was expected to highlight role of workplace wellness initiatives in reducing burnout among healthcare professionals in laboratory.
Methods: An observational cross-sectional study survey was done in the department of Pathology at MMDC, Multan. WHO software was used to assess the number of participants (40 males=15; females=25) to be studied in the study. The participants included in the study were the doctors, lab technologists, lab technicians, lab attendants and janitorial staff. Burnout was defined as the presence of both high exhaustion and high disengagement. Data were collected using a structured proforma containing the 16-item OLBI.
Results: The management was good to identify that most of the study subjects were not having any burnout or exhaustion related to workplace.
Conclusion: : Overall, supportive leadership and employee recognition are key to promoting staff well-being, sustaining high-quality laboratory services and reduced burnout at healthcare workplace
Keywords: Burnout, health workers, OLBI, laboratory, leadership