TABLE 2.
Prevalence of burnout among doctors in South Africa during and post COVID-19.
| Author | Publication year | Measurement tool | Study population (n) | Emotional exhaustion (%) |
Depersonalisation (%) |
Personal accomplishment (%) |
Burnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low | Med | High | Low | Med | High | Low | Med | High | |||||
| Hain et al.24 | 2021 | MBI-HSS | Doctors in 15 rural health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal Province (96) | 22.5 | 19.1 | 58.4 | 23.6 | 16.9 | 59.6 | 48.3 | 24.7 | 27.0 | 68.5% |
| O’Connor et al.31 | 2022 | SPFI | South African Orthopaedic doctors (156) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72.0% |
| Van der Merwe et al.26 | 2023 | CBI | Medical registrars at the University of the Free State (60) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Highest median was personal scale (58.3), with 70.0% respondents scoring ≥ 50. Lowest median was patient scale (29.2), with 20.4% respondents scoring ≥ 50. |
| Duffton et al.21 | 2023 | MBI | Frontline doctors in Tshwane public health facilities (163) | 19.0 | 26.4 | 54.6 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 35.6 | 39.3 | 31.9 | 28.8 | Clinical burnout was present in 58.9% and extreme burnout in 19.6% |
| Khan et al.11 | 2024 | OLBI | Doctors in three public sector hospitals in Gqeberha (260) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 78% |
Note: Please see the full reference list of the article for more information.
CBI, Copenhagen Burnout Inventory; MBI, Maslach Burnout Inventory; MBI-HSS, Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey; OLBI, Oldenberg Burnout Inventory; SPI, Stanford Professional Fulfilment Index.