NCT05248217

Burnout, Covid 19, Smarthphone Addiction

Assessment of Burnout Syndrome and Smartphone Addiction in Healthcare Workers Actively Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 183 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kutahya Health Sciences University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

We investigate burnout syndrome and smartphone addiction in healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses, medical secretaries, security guards, and cleaning staff, who have been actively working from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. target population included 1190 healthcare workers, from which a total of 183 agreed to participate in the study and met the inclusion criteria for participation. A sociodemographic data form, the Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version were used as the data collection tools.

Detailed description

Significant differences in burnout syndrome were found in doctors and nurses. A relationship was observed between emotional burnout (EB), desensitization, and smartphone addiction, as well as between doctor and nurse group, and smartphone addiction. According to the linear regression analysis, it was determined that 17% of the change in the smartphone addiction score was related to age and 16% to master education level.Doctors and nurses experience the highest rate of burnout syndrome and smartphone addiction, and EB and desensitization were more likely to have smartphone addiction. Age and high education can affect smarthphone addiction

Conditions

• Burn Out
• Addiction, Smartphone

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	healthcare workers	healthcare

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-25
• Primary completion: 2021-06-30
• Completion: 2021-10-27
• First posted: 2022-02-21
• Last updated: 2022-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)