Burnout Syndrome, Stress and Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff in College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: Burnout syndrome is a psychosomatic state which can result from prolonged exposure to job stressors, capable of leading to negative self-concept, job dissatisfaction and lack of communication with the client, University academic staff are exposed to high demands of work and sometimes in a not ideal facility which may increase their risk for burnout syndrome. Aim: This study aimed to determine the relationship between Burnout syndrome, stress, job satisfaction and the socio-demographic profiles of lecturers in College of Medical sciences, University of Benin, Benin City. Methods: Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit 89 participants. Asocio-demographic questionnaire, the MBI-ES, PSS-14 and JSS questionnaire were administered. Descriptive statistics of mean, frequency and standard deviation were used to summarize the data. Spearman rank test was used to test the relationship between components of burnout,stress, job satisfaction scores and some socio-demographic and working profiles of the participants and T-test analysis was used to test for the differences between burnout,stress, job satisfaction and gender. The level of significance was set at 0.05. Results: A total of 89 participants were recruited with mean age and years of experience 47.9+8.78, 15.9+7.49 respectively. More than half were Male 50(56.2%). The significant level of socio-demographic profile (age, gender, experience, rank and educational level) and level of burnout, stress and job satisfaction were (p=0.61, 0.24, 0.35, 0.04 and 0.39), (p=0.24, 0.90, 0.32, 0.12 and 0.09) and (p=0.81, 0.52, 0.93, 0.53 and 0.24) respectively. The values showed no significant relationship. Conclusion: The findings showed no statistically significant relationship between level of burnout, stress, job satisfaction and socio-demographic data, but there are significant differences between burnout syndrome, stress, job satisfaction and gender. These parameters did not affect the level of burnout stress and satisfaction among the lecturers.