AUTHOR=Mengistie Berihun Agegn , Azene Zelalem Nigussie , Haile Tsion Tadesse , Abiy Saron Abeje , Abegaz Marta Yimam , Taye Eden Bishaw , Alemu Haymanot Nigatu , Demeke Muluken , Melese Mihret , Tsega Nuhamin Tesfa , Aragaw Getie Mihret 

TITLE=Work-related burnout and its associated factors among midwives working at public hospitals in northwest Ethiopia: a multi-centered study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychiatry

VOLUME=Volume 14 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1256063

DOI=10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1256063

ISSN=1664-0640

ABSTRACT=Introduction: Work-related burnout (WRB) is defined as the degree of physical and psychological fatigue and exhaustion that is perceived by the person as related to work. Midwives are vulnerable to work-related burnout due to their physically and emotionally demanding nature of their job. It affects the health of professionals and the quality of care provided. However, there is limited evidence on the burden and predictors associated with work-related burnout among midwives in developing countries, including Ethiopia. This study investigated the burden and contributing factors of work-related burnout among midwives in northwest Ethiopia.Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February 7 to April 30, 2022.A simple random sampling method was used to enroll 640 study participants. The Copenhagen burnout inventory tool was used to assess the magnitude of work-related burnout. A selfadministered questionnaire was used to collect data, which was then entered into Epi Data 4.6 software and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. A multivariable logistic regression analysis model was fitted to identify factors associated with work-related burnout. The Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) was reported to declare the factors that are significantly associated with work-related burnout.Results: The prevalence of work-related burnout was found to be 60.47% (95% CI = 56.6-64.2).