Job burnout status and its relationship with resilience level of healthcare workers during Covid-19 pandemic: A case of southern Iran

Background and Purpose: COVID19 could be a threat to healthcare workerschr( 39 ) mental health. This study was conducted to investigate job burnout and its relationship with the resilience level of the personnel in the COVID19 treatment hospital in southern Iran. Methods: This descriptiveanalytical crosssectional study was conducted in 2021 on 496 personnel of Hazrat Ali Asghar (AS) Hospital selected as the center of COVID19 in southern Iran. The participants of the study were selected using the census. Data collection tools were the standard Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and ConnorDavidson Resilience Scale (CDRISC). Data analysis was performed using ttest, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression in SPSS23 at a significance level of 0.05. Results: The mean scores of job burnout and resilience were 76.95 ± 14.36 (of 132) and 71.21 ± 8.24 (of 125), respectively which indicated the moderate level of these two variables. There was a significant inverse correlation between job burnout and resilience (P 0.001, r= 0.514). Spiritual influences (P 0.001), perception of competence (P=0.001), positive acceptance of change and secure relationships (P= 0.001), trust in individual instincts (P= 0.02), and control (P= 0.03) of resilience aspects were identified as predictors of job burnout. Additionally, there was a statistically significant relationship between job burnout and gender (P=0.001) and occupational group (P= 0.04); and between resilience and gender (P= 0.02) and with marital status (P= 0.03). Conclusion: Job burnout status and personnel resilience were at a moderate level. It was recommended to train employees with resilienceenhancing skills employees according to each of their dimensions.