Burnout and self-reported suboptimal patient care amongst health care workers providing HIV care in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Kim, Maria H ^a,b   Mazenga, Alick C ^a   Simon, Katie ^a,b   Yu, Xiaoying ^c   Ahmed, Saeed ^a,b   Nyasulu, Phoebe ^a   Kazembe, Peter N ^a,b   Ngoma, Stanley ^d   Abrams, Elaine J ^e,f  

^a Baylor Children's Foundation Malawi   (Malawi)

^b Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c Design and Analysis Core   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 85042284923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192983     Document Type: Article

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