Evaluation of the prevalence and risk factors of burnout syndrome among healthcare workers: A cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics of healthcare workers in Mogadishu, Somalia (2024) (n = 246)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Age	< 30	153	62.2
	≥ 30	93	37.8
Gender	Female	117	47.6
	Male	129	52.4
Marital status	Single	116	47.2
	Married	111	45.1
	Divorced/Widowed	19	7.7
Have children	Yes	114	46.3
	No	132	53.7
Education status	Diploma	20	8.1
	Undergraduate	85	34.6
	Postgraduate	141	57.3
Profession	Specialist doctor	30	12.2
	Resident doctor	59	24.0
	Nurse	137	55.7
	Others	20	8.1
Monthly income	500–999 USD	157	63.8
	1000–1999 USD	59	24.0
	≥ 2000 USD	30	12.2
Smoke cigarette	Yes	10	4.1
	No	236	95.9
Physically active	Yes	129	52.4
	No	117	47.6
Body mass index	Underweight	6	2.4
	Normal weight	146	59.3
	Overweight	82	33.3
	Obese	12	4.9

Table 2 Work-related and psychological characteristics of healthcare workers in Mogadishu, Somalia (2024), (n = 246)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Work shift	Day shift	75	30.5
	Night shift	58	23.6
	Mixed day and night shifts	113	45.9
Night shift	< 7 night shifts	116	47.2
	≥ 7 night shifts	130	52.4
Working hours per week	≤ 50 hours	161	65.4
	> 50 hours	85	34.6
Work experience	≤ 4 years	140	57.0
	5–8 years	69	28.0
	> 8 years	37	15.0
Sleep quality	Good	154	62.6
	Poor	92	37.4
Depression status	Not depressed	152	61.8
	Depressed	94	38.2
Anxiety status	Not anxious	143	58.1
	Anxious	103	41.9

Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses to identify risk factors associated with burnout syndrome among healthcare workers in Mogadishu, Somalia (2024), (n = 246), n (%)

Variable	Category	Burnout syndrome		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)	P value
		No (%)	Yes (%)
Gender	Female	83 (70.9)	34 (29.1)	1.70 (0.94-3.08)	6.60 (2.29-19.04)	< 0.001
	Male	104 (80.6)	25 (19.4)	12	12
Marital status	Single	95 (81.9)	21 (18.1)	12	12
	Married	82 (73.9)	29 (26.1)	1.60 (0.848-3.01)	3.07 (1.14-8.28)	0.027
	Others1	10 (52.6)	9 (47.6)	4.07 (1.47-11.25)	5.84 (1.35-25.35)	0.018
Work hours per week	≤ 50 hours/week	128 (79.5)	33 (20.5)	12	12
	> 50 hours/week	59 (69.4)	26 (30.6)	1.71 (0.939-3.11)	6.06 (2.14-17.20)	< 0.001
Night shifts per month	< 7 nights	98 (84.5)	18 (15.5)	12	12
	≥ 7 nights	89 (68.5)	41 (31.5)	2.51 (1.34-4.68)	3.19 (1.30-7.82)	0.011
Work experience	≤ 4 years	93 (66.4)	47 (33.6)	4.17 (1.39-12.47)	5.28 (1.29-21.65)	0.021
	5–8 years	61 (88.4)	8 (11.6)	1.08 (0.303-3.86)	1.51 (0.302-7.56)	0.615
	> 8 years	33 (89.2)	4 (10.8)	12	12
Sleep quality	Good	138 (89.6)	16 (10.4)	12	12
	Poor	49 (53.3)	43 (46.7)	7.57 (3.91-14.65)	5.29 (1.88-14.89)	0.002
Depression status	Not depressed	137 (90.1)	15 (9.9)	12	12
	Depressed	50 (53.2)	44 (46.8)	8.04 (4.12-15.70)	4.46 (1.59-12.53)	0.005
Anxiety status	Not anxious	132 (92.3)	11 (7.7)	12	12
	Anxious	55 (53.4)	48 (46.6)	10.47 (5.06-21.66)	7.34 (2.49-21.60)	< 0.001

¹Divorced/widowed.

²Reference categories.

COR: Crude odds ratio; AOR: Adjusted odds ratio.