The analysis of burnout, depression and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in healthcare personnel due to COVID-19 outbreak

The purpose of this research is; To examine the relationship between burnout, depression and cognitive emotion regulation seen in health workers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, the research was carried out by survey method. The sample of the study consists of 200 health workers living in Istanbul. In order to determine the depression levels of the participants, the validity and reliability study in Turkey, the 'Beck Depression Scale' prepared by Hisli (1989) was used, while the 'Maslach Burnout Scale' was used by Ergin (1992), a Turkish validity and reliability study, to determine the burnout levels of the participants. Finally, "Cognitive Emotion Regulation Scale (BDDÖ)" was used by Ataman (2011), a validity and reliability study in Turkey, to measure the cognitive emotion levels of the participants. The collected data was resolved with spss computer-based statistics program. According to the findings of the research, it was found that there was a low positive correlation between the level of burnout and depression in healthcare workers during Covid 19 period. A moderate negative correlation was found between the level of burnout and cognitive emotion regulation. Finally, it was found that there is a low level negative relationship between depression and cognitive emotion regulation. According to the results obtained from the research, while the level of depression increases in health workers, the level of burnout also increases. At the same time, it was found that as the levels of depression and burnout increased in healthcare workers, the level of cognitive emotion regulation decreased. It is recommended to provide support programs for emotion regulation skills in order to protect health workers against burnout and depression during the pandemic period.