Family well-being as an important protective factor in the treatment of stress and emotional burnout among medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia

Koniukhovskaia, J.; Pervichko, E.; Mitina, O.; Stepanova, O.; Dorokhov, E.

IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic and the need to fight it disrupt the balance between work and rest for health workers that can lead to a decrease in stress tolerance and emotional burnout appearance. The lifestyle and well-being of personal and family life can be both a “depletion” and a “resource” factor for health professionals when working under stressful conditions.ObjectivesTo study the presence/absence and severity of burnout symptoms in medical professionals in the COVID-19 pandemic context;to investigate the interaction between burnout severity and overall stress levels, family well-being, and the presence of children.MethodsThe author’s socio-demographic questionnaire, Stress Perception Questionnaire (Linville, 1987), modified Pandemic Perception Questionnaire (Broadbent et al.,2006), Maslach Burnout Inventory (Maslach et al.