Investigation of the relationship between burnout level and self-esteem of working health personnel during the Covid-19 pandemic period

The aim of this study is to determine the self-esteem and burnout levels of health personnel working during the COVID-19 pandemic period and to examine the relationship between them according to some variables. The sample of the study consists of 321 health personnel working as doctors, nurses, assistant health services and health officers working in Uşak Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi. In addition to the personal information form, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Maslach Burnout Scale were applied to the participants in the study. In the statistical analysis of the data set, t-test and anova test were used since the parametric test assumptions were provided as well as the percentage/frequency distributions. Correlation analysis was used to determine the relationship between the scales and the level of significance was taken as .05 in all statistical analyzes. According to the results of the research, it was concluded that 72% of the health personnel have not yet been diagnosed with COVID-19 and 65.4% are exposed to exclusion because they are health personnel. It was determined that their self-esteem was high, and the level of burnout was high in the sub-dimensions of emotional exhaustion and personal achievement according to the Maslach burnout scale. In the study, it was determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between self-esteem and emotional exhaustion and depersonalization. All the findings obtained were discussed and interpreted in the light of the relevant literature.