RESEARCH ARTICLE
Resilience, Burnout and Wellbeing of Nurses during the Third Wave of COVID-19 in Cyprus
Maria Prodromou1, Neophytos Stylianou2, *, Andreas Protopapas1, Ioannis Leontiou3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2023Volume: 17
E-location ID: e187443462305250
Publisher ID: e187443462305250
DOI: 10.2174/18744346-v17-e230704-2023-7
Article History:
Received Date: 12/01/2023Revision Received Date: 05/05/2023
Acceptance Date: 15/05/2023
Electronic publication date: 10/07/2023
Collection year: 2023
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Burnout is a state of physical and emotional exhaustion, and when experienced among healthcare workers, it is a sign of major concern for the health system. COVID-19 has induced a plethora of negative consequences, like extra workload on nurses, emotional stress, risk of infection to close family, and factors leading to burnout.
Aim:
This study aimed to measure the prevalence of burnout and resilience among nurses in Cyprus.
Materials and Methods:
An online questionnaire-based survey using Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and the Conor Davidson scale was carried out among all registered nurses in Cyprus. Burnout and resilience were defined at a cut-off score of 50 for each domain.
Results:
The prevalence of overall burnout was 54.26%. No significant difference was identified between the different demographics collected and burnout prevalence. Burnout was lower in the category of patient-related burnout (32.77%) compared to personal or work-related burnout (68.30% and 66.81%, respectively).
Conclusion:
There has been a significant prevalence of burnout found during the COVID-19 pandemic among nurses. On the contrary, our findings reflect that nurses have high resilience, something that is a benefit to the system as they never stop working. Nurses experiencing burnout have a higher tendency to leave their department/organization and their job, a fact that their management should have in mind. We suggest that management should be proactive and supportive in improving working conditions and providing assurance to employees. The long-term effects of the current pandemic need to be assessed later.
