Study of burnout syndrome in health care workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

During the pandemic that began in 2020, the role of the doctor has increased. The profession of a doctor can be attributed to the stressful for the personality of the doctor, and especially during the pandemic, when you have to work in particularly stressful conditions and with a greater load. The purpose of the study was to study the personality characteristics and burnout syndrome of health workers in the process of carrying out professional activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved health care workers working with COVID-19 patients and health care workers working with regular patients. As a result, data were obtained on the severity of emotional burnout in health workers of both samples. The results of the relationship between personal characteristics and symptoms of burnout syndrome in health workers were also presented.