prevalence of burnout among physical therapists working in peshawar

Background:  Burnout is an unseemly reaction to chronic work stress, leading to emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization and low personal accomplishment (PA). Burnout can have countless harmful results for organizations and people, such as enhanced employee turnover, absenteeism, disease, injury and accidents, low work rate and interpersonal and organizational disagreement. As a result of burnout, health care professionals can create symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, mood swings, sleeping disorders, depression, and a feeling of failure. The aim of the study was to find out about the prevalence of burnout amongst Physical therapists in Peshawar.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at different hospitals and at physical therapy institutes of Peshawar to determine the prevalence of burnout among physical therapists working in Peshawar. A total of 101 questionnaires were distributed amongst the participants. Non -probability convenience sampling technique was used to recruit the study participants. Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) was utilized to collect data.

Results: The results of the study have revealed that overall (EE+DP) high level of burnout was seen in 35.6% Physical therapists, moderate level of burnout was seen in 26.7% and low level of are was seen in 37.6% Physical therapists. 67.3% reported a low level of burn out on EE, 26.7% reported moderate level burnout on EE and 5.9% shows high level of burn out on EE. 27.7% reported low level of burn out on DP, 35.6% reported moderate level of DP and 36.6% shows high level of burn out on EE. 58.4% reported low level of burn out on PA, 24.8% reported moderate level of PA and 16.8% shows high level of burn out on PA.

Conclusion: Early recognition and effective intervention for burnout are thought to be an important factor for better health. Our study concluded that most of the Physical therapists who were included in the study were having a low level of burnout.

Keywords:

Burnout, Residents, Maslach Burnout Inventory, Emotional exhaustion, Depersonalisation, Personal accomplishment.