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Abstract
Background: Burnout is a highly important issue to be taken care of in any profession dealing with people including medical professions and mental health professionals in particular, and have its effects on nation’s productivity and service quality.
Aim of the work: The aim of the current study is to estimate the prevalence of burnout syndrome among mental health professionals in an Egyptian sample (from both governmental and private sectors). Also to study the sociodemographic characteristics and personality traits of mental health professionals suffering from burnout syndrome and to assess associated factors those increase the burnout syndrome and propose different recommendations to protect from it.
Patient and Methods: Target population: Mental Health Professionals (Psychiatrists, Mental Health Nurses, psychologist, social workers). After taking oral consent about participating in our study, the participants had been interviewed by a psychiatrist through Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-Clinician Version (SCID-CV) to determine and exclude any psychiatric morbidity.
Result: The current study was conducted on 276 participants were recruited from the concerned hospitals to participate in the study. Data collection lasted four month beginning from 1st of April 2017 till 30th of august 2017, only 156 accepted to complete the interview till the end , 23 of them refused to continue answer SCID ǁ interview for assessing personality disorder and personality traits.
Conclusion: The consequences of burnout in medical professions are potentially quite serious and include deterioration of the quality of care provided by the doctor, frequent medical errors, turnover, absenteeism, and low job satisfaction and morale.