Prevalence and risk factors for fatigue among health care providers in Qena University Hospitals: A hospital based study | ||
| SVU-International Journal of Medical Sciences | ||
| Article 56, Volume 6, Issue 2, July 2023, Pages 579-585 PDF (248.52 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/svuijm.2023.221550.1611 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Doaa Mahmoud Abd-elwahed* 1; Ahmed M.M. Hany2; Tarek Desoky3; Eptehal Mohammed Dongol4 | ||
| 1Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt. | ||
| 2Department of Public health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt . | ||
| 3Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt | ||
| 4Department of Chest disease, Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Fatigue is a state of extreme tiredness, weariness, or sleepiness brought on by a lack of sleep, continuous mental or physical effort, or protracted stress or anxiety. Tasks that are tedious or repetitive can make you feel more worn out. Objectives: To assess the prevalence and the possible risk factors for fatigue in health care worker. Patients and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted randomly in Qena University Hospitals on 300 participants. A structured questionnaire among health care workers (HCW) was used as a tool for data collection. Results: 53% of HCW (79.2% of doctors and 70.3%of nurses) had fatigue. 62.2% of female suffered from fatigue .The significant risk factors for fatigue were sex, marital status, occupation, caffeine intake and smoking. doctors are more prone than other HCW to exhaustion. Conclusion: Prevalence of fatigue among HCW in Qena university hospitals was high. the most significant risk factors were occupation(doctor), married and caffeine intake . | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Fatigue; HCW; Qena University Hospitals | ||
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