Burnout among healthcare professionals in Qatar: A systematic review

Fatima Albazoon; Fatima Khogali; Raghad Burjaq; Prem Chandra; Majid Alabdulla; Mutaz Abdulaziz; Samer Hammoudeh

doi:10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103601

Burnout among healthcare professionals in Qatar: A systematic review

Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Jul:85:103601. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103601. Epub 2023 Apr 25.

Authors

Fatima Albazoon¹, Fatima Khogali², Raghad Burjaq³, Prem Chandra⁴, Majid Alabdulla⁵, Mutaz Abdulaziz², Samer Hammoudeh⁶

Affiliations

¹ Opthalmology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box: 3050, Doha, Qatar.
² Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box: 3050, Doha, Qatar.
³ Psychiatry Department, Sidra Medicine, PO Box: 26999, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ Research Affairs, Academic Health System, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box: 3050, Doha, Qatar.
⁵ Mental Health Services, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box: 3050, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Research Affairs, Academic Health System, Hamad Medical Corporation, PO Box: 3050, Doha, Qatar. Electronic address: shammoudeh@hamad.qa.

PMID: 37156048
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103601

Abstract

This systematic review aims to cover studies addressing the topic of burnout among the various types of healthcare professionals in Qatar. PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar were searched with no filters. All studies using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were included. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used for quality assessment of the studies included. The reporting of the study followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). The results indicate that the pooled prevalence rate of burnout among healthcare professionals in Qatar are, 17% and 20% based on fixed effect and random effect models, respectively.

Keywords: Burnout; Healthcare professionals; Qatar; Systematic review.

Publication types

Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Burnout, Professional* / epidemiology
Burnout, Psychological
Delivery of Health Care
Health Personnel*
Humans
Prevalence
Qatar / epidemiology