Fear of Covid-19 and Burnout Among Healthcare Providers in  Malaysia: Is Resilience a Missing Link?

Siew-mooi Ching; Ramayah Thurasamy; Ai Theng Cheong; Anne Yee; Poh Ying Ling; Irmi Ismail Zarina; Kai Wei Lee; Jun Ying Ng; Rofina Abdul Rahim; Mohd Khairi Mohd Noor; Chang Li Cheng; Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan; Hafizah Md Salleh; Noor Hasliza Hassan

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Fear of Covid-19 and Burnout Among Healthcare Providers in Malaysia: Is Resilience a Missing Link?

Author: Siew-Mooi Ching ^{1
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3} ; Ramayah Thurasamy ^{4
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8} ; Ai Theng Cheong ¹ ; Anne Yee ⁹ ; Poh Ying Ling ¹⁰ ; Irmi Ismail Zarina ¹ ; Kai Wei Lee ¹¹ ; Jun Ying Ng ¹² ; Rofina Abdul Rahim ¹³ ; Mohd Khairi Mohd Noor ¹⁴ ; Chang Li Cheng ¹⁵ ; Ahmad Iqmer Nashriq Mohd Nazan ¹⁰ ; Hafizah Md Salleh ¹⁶ ; Noor Hasliza Hassan ¹⁷
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1. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia&
2. Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia&
3. Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia
4. School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden,11800 Penang, Malaysia&
5. Department of Information Technology and Management, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh (DIU)&
6. Department of Management, Sunway University Business School (SUBS)&
7. Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Indonesia (UI)&
8. University Center for Research and Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University (CU), India
9. Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
10. Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
11. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM
12. Ministry of health, Malaysia
13. Klinik Kesihatan Seksyen 19, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Malaysia
14. Klinik Kesihatan Seksyen 7, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Malaysia
15. Klinik Kesihatan Kuang, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Gombak, Malaysia
16. Klinik Kesihatan Beranang, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Hulu Langat, Malaysia
17. Klinik Kesihatan Sungai Pelek, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Salak, Malaysia
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Fear, Burnout, Resilience, COVID-19, Mediation
From:Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences 2023;19(No.4):265-272
CountryMalaysia
Language:English
Abstract: Introduction: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have been in great fear due to the high risk of contracting COVID-19 infection at any time. This study aimed to determine the mediating role of resilience on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout in primary care healthcare providers in Malaysia. Methods: This was an online cross-sectional study involving 1280 healthcare providers aged 18 years and older from 30 government primary care clinics in Malaysia. We used the COVID-19 Fear Scale, the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory Scale, and the Short Brief Resilience Scale to collect data from the respondents. Smart-PLS was used to perform mediation analysis. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 36 years old and mean duration of working experience was 11 years. The majority of the respondents were female (82.4%) and Malays (82.3%). The study population consisted of nurses (47.4%), doctors (26%), medical assistants (11.9), healthcare assistant (7.1%), medical laboratory technicians (6.4%) and drivers(1.3).The results show that fear of COVID-19 positively predicts burnout. According to the results, resilience mediates the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and all the three burnout domains, namely personal burnout (β=0.175,p<0.001), work-related burnout (β=0.175,p<0.001) and client-related burnout (β=0.172,p<0.001). Additionally, resilience reduces the impact of COVID-19 fear on the three domains of burnout. Conclusion: Our study has reported a mediating effect of resilience on the relationship between fear of COVID-19 and burnout.
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