Abstract

Introduction and Aim: The aim was to assess healthcare workers' stress, burnout, and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: The universe of this cross-sectional study was approximately 3500 healthcare professionals working in a tertiary university hospital. A random sampling method was used to ensure proportional equality representation of employees in four groups: physicians, auxiliary health personnel, administrative, and other staff (cleaning, and security). The data were collected using the Coronavirus Stress Scale, the COVID-19 Burnout Scale, and the Life Satisfaction Scale.
Results: Of 383 participants, 55.6% (n=213) were female, the mean age was 32.79±7.90 years, 64.2% (n=246) worked in internal units, 24.5% (n=94) in surgical units, and 11.2% (n=43) in administrative units. Physicians were 44.6% (n=171), auxiliary health personnel were 36.8% (n=141) and 78.3% (n=300) of the participants had close contact with COVID patients. Perceived job stress, coronavirus-related stress, and burnout scores of female health workers were higher (p

Key words: COVID-19, pandemics, healthcare worker, burnout, life satisfaction