AUTHOR=Hailu Seyoum , Gurmu Mesfin , Husen Gose , Tesfaye Adamu , Muleta Birhanu , Yeshitila Henok , Bekele Belayneh 

TITLE=Burnout Among Health Professionals Working in Intensive Care Units of Southern Ethiopia: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 70 - 2025

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1608337

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2025.1608337

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Background: Burnout is characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a sense of low personal achievement, often affecting individuals who work closely with others. While burnout affects 20%-60% of healthcare professionals globally, no research has yet examined its prevalence in Ethiopia's Intensive care units.Objective: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of burnout among health professionals working in intensive care units.Methods: After receiving ethical clearance from the institutional review board of Dilla University College of Medicine and Health Sciences with protocol unique number duirb/033/23-05, a multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted. Binary and multivariate logistic regressions were used to assess the relationship between burnout syndrome as dependent and various personal job factors as independent factors.The overall prevalence of BOS among HCPs working in the selected University hospital of southern Ethiopia is 38.1%.Burnout is a great public health concern. Age, marital status, workload, working the night shift, fear of patient death, less quipped setup, and absence of extra-time duty payment were among the predictive variables.