COVID-19 Stigma Correlates with Burnout among Healthcare Workers: Evidence from Healthcare Workers Practicing in Saudi Arabia

Introduction: COVID-19-related stigma is the level of stigma associated with being involved with the pandemic. It has been reported that a significant number of healthcare workers experienced anxiety, depression, stigmatization, physical violence, harassment during the COVID-19 pandemic; even the families of the healthcare workers were victims of discrimination and stigmatization. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of COVID-19-related stigma among the healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia and to assess the COVID-19-related stigma, its associated factors, and burnout correlate. Methods: Web-based, self-administered questionnaire has been sent to healthcare workers’ official emails through the internal communication department in the targeted hospitals. It includes the COVID-19-related stigma-validated scale “E16-COVID19-S” and two questions relative to the full Maslach Burnout Inventory assessing the burnout. The required sample is 377 based on the sample size calculation with a response rate of 50%. Results: A total of 407 responses were received from the targeted population. Of them, 49.4% scored high on the COVID-19-related stigma scale. The correlation between the COVID-19-related stigma and burnout was found to be moderately positive and statistically significant (rs = 0.515, p= <0.001). Conclusion: It has been found that gender, workplace capacity, ever taking COVID-19 test during the pandemic had a significant impact on scoring high on the COVID-19-related stigma scale. Moreover, there is a correlation between being stigmatized during the pandemic and being burned out.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: COVID-19 Stigma Correlates with Burnout among Healthcare Workers: Evidence from Healthcare Workers Practicing in Saudi Arabia ; volume:3 ; number:1-4 ; year:2023 ; pages:85-92 ; extent:8 ; Saudi Journal of Health Systems Research ; 3, Heft 1-4 (2023), 85-92 (gesamt 8)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Alnahdi, Omar S. ; Albuqaytah, Faisal A. ; Alotaibi, Najla ; Afeef, Marwah A. ; Natto, Zuhair S. ; Subahi, Razin H.

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.1159/000528564
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023122801210255402116
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 11.06.2025, 17:33 MESZ