Mohamad El Haj1,2,3, Philippe Allain4,5, Cédric Annweiler4,6, Claire Boutoleau-Bretonnière7,8, Guillaume Chapelet9,10, Karim Gallouj2, Dimitrios Kapogiannis11, Jean Roche12, Abdel Halim Boudoukha1. 1. Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire, Nantes, France. 2. Unité de Gériatrie, Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France. 3. Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France. 4. Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire, SFR Confluences, UNIV Angers, Nantes Université, Maison de la recherche Germaine Tillion, Angers, France. 5. Département de Neurologie, CHU Angers, Angers, France. 6. Department of Geriatric Medicine, Angers University Hospital, Angers, France. 7. CHU Nantes, Inserm CIC04, Nantes, France. 8. CHU Nantes, Département de Neurologie, Centre Mémoire de Ressources et Recherche, Nantes, France. 9. Université de Nantes, Inserm, TENS, The Enteric Nervous System in Gut and Brain Diseases, IMAD, Nantes, France. 10. CHU Nantes, Clinical Gerontology Department, Bd Jacques Monod, Nantes, France. 11. Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA. 12. CHU de Lille, Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Lille, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In a previous study, we assessed burnout in geriatric healthcare workers during the first lockdown that lasted from March to May 2020 in France, in response to the COVID-19 crisis. OBJECTIVE: We carried out a follow-up study to assess burnout in the same population during the second lockdown that was implemented at the end of October 2020. METHODS: We used an online survey to assess burnout in terms of exhaustion and disengagement in a sample of 58 geriatric healthcare workers. RESULTS: We found higher levels of exhaustion, disengagement, and burnout among geriatric healthcare workers during the second than during the first lockdown. We also found high levels of exhaustion but moderate disengagement and burnout during the second lockdown. CONCLUSION: The increased exhaustion, disengagement, and burnout during the second lockdown can be attributed to the increased workload in geriatric facilities throughout this crisis and during the second lockdown due to shortage in staff and increased number of shifts and allocated duties. The high levels of exhaustion reported among geriatric healthcare workers during the second lockdown can reflect their physical fatigue, as well as their feelings of being emotionally overextended and exhausted by their workload.
BACKGROUND: In a previous study, we assessed burnout in geriatric healthcare workers during the first lockdown that lasted from March to May 2020 in France, in response to the COVID-19 crisis. OBJECTIVE: We carried out a follow-up study to assess burnout in the same population during the second lockdown that was implemented at the end of October 2020. METHODS: We used an online survey to assess burnout in terms of exhaustion and disengagement in a sample of 58 geriatric healthcare workers. RESULTS: We found higher levels of exhaustion, disengagement, and burnout among geriatric healthcare workers during the second than during the first lockdown. We also found high levels of exhaustion but moderate disengagement and burnout during the second lockdown. CONCLUSION: The increased exhaustion, disengagement, and burnout during the second lockdown can be attributed to the increased workload in geriatric facilities throughout this crisis and during the second lockdown due to shortage in staff and increased number of shifts and allocated duties. The high levels of exhaustion reported among geriatric healthcare workers during the second lockdown can reflect their physical fatigue, as well as their feelings of being emotionally overextended and exhausted by their workload.
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