Exploring factors of moral injury, post traumatic stress disorder and burnout in healthcare staff

The current piece of work explores psychological wellbeing in healthcare staff during the COVIID-19 pandemic. The meta-analysis aims to determine the relationships between burnout and its dimensions on turnover intention among healthcare staff working during the COVID-19 pandemic. 745 publications were identified through targeted literature searches in December 2023.

This resulted in the inclusion of 26 studies and a total of 9413 healthcare staff. Four correlational meta‐analyses on the relationship between turnover intention and total burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment using random effects models were conducted.<br><br>The empirical literature sought to identify whether post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and moral injury during the pandemic mediated the relationship between initial risk/protective factors and post-pandemic levels of burnout and PTSD.