Determinants of burnout among nurses and midwives at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: A cross‐sectional study

• Published in: Nursing open Vol. 10; no. 2; pp. 869 - 878
• Main Authors: Opoku, Douglas Aninng, Ayisi‐Boateng, Nana Kwame, Mohammed, Aliyu, Sulemana, Alhassan, Gyamfi, Abigail Owusuwaa, Owusu, Dominic Kwabena, Yeboah, Dorothy, Spangenberg, Kathryn, Ofosu, Hilda Maria, Edusei, Anthony Kwaku
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-02-2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Burnout; Burnout, Professional - epidemiology; Burnout, Psychological; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data collection; Departments; depersonalisation; emotional exhaustion; Female; Ghana - epidemiology; Health facilities; Humans; Male; Medical personnel; Midwifery; midwives; Nurses; Pandemics; Patient safety; personal accomplishment; Pregnancy; Professionals; Questionnaires; Sample size; Teaching hospitals; Tertiary Care Centers; Ghana; Kumasi Ghana; depersonalisation; personal accomplishment; midwives; burnout; nurses; emotional exhaustion
• ISSN: 2054-1058; 2054-1058
• DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1355

Aim
This study determined the prevalence and key determinants of burnout among nurses and midwives in Kumasi, Ghana.
Design
Hospital‐based cross‐sectional study.
Method
A questionnaire was used to obtain data from 391 nurses and midwives at a tertiary hospital in Kumasi, Ghana using simple random sampling.
Results
About 84.4% of the participants were females. The majority of the study participants experienced low burnout for all dimensions (58% in emotional exhaustion, 55.5% poor personal accomplishment and 38.3% depersonalization). Multiple regression analysis revealed that high emotional exhaustion was independently predicted by post‐graduate education (β = 6.42, p = .003), lack of support from management (β = 2.07, p = .024), dislike for leadership style, (β = 3.54, p < .001) and inadequate number of staff (β = 2.93, p = .005). Age (β = 0.35, p = .004), lack of support from management (β = 1.60, p = .012), and inadequate number of staff (β = 1.49, p = .034) independently predicted high depersonalisation. Female sex (β = 4.36, p < .001) and years of practice (β = −0.26, p < .001) independently predicted low personal accomplishment.