Original Research Article
Year: 2023 | Month: July | Volume: 13 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 40-44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230706
Correlation of Burnout Syndrome Severity with Sleep Quality Among Middle Aged Physiotherapist Across Ahmedabad City
Dr. Niyati Udayanbhai Barot1, Dr. Amit M. Patel2
1First year MPT Student, 2Senior Lecturer;
JG College of Physiotherapy, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. Niyati Udayanbhai Barot
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Burn-out is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. Burnout in physiotherapists can be driven on by their intense therapeutic relationships with patients, a lack of management or peer support, a heavy workload, and tight deadlines. Academicians have a high frequency of poor sleep quality, regardless of workload or industry of employment, which can lead to burnout. Other factors that contribute to burnout include managing various instructional activities, managing research projects, completing administrative jobs, and handling other tasks. So, the aim was to correlate the severity of burnout syndrome with sleep quality among middle-aged physiotherapists across Ahmedabad city.
METHOD: An observational study was conducted on middle-aged physiotherapists across Ahmedabad city. The Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were filled out by physiotherapists working in different colleges and clinics and submitted through a Google Form.
RESULT: The data was analyzed using SPSS software version 29. The normality of the data was checked by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and because the data was not normally distributed, Spearman’s correlation test was applied to find out the correlation between burnout syndrome severity and sleep quality. The analysis showed a weak positive correlation between sleep and burnout(r=0.281) & depersonalization (r=0.254)
and a weak negative correlation between sleep and personal achievement (r= -0.271).
CONCLUSION: The present study showed that sleep quality was affected in physiotherapists with higher burnout syndrome scores. It suggests that the severity of burnout affects sleep.
Key words: Middle-aged physiotherapist, sleep quality, Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI).