Burnout Among Speech Language Pathologists in Work Settings: Burnout Among Speech Language Pathologists

Muhammad Azzam  Khan; Bareera  Saeed; Muhammad  Ahmed; Ruhamah  Yousaf; Saba  Yaqoob; Muhammad Sikander  Ghayas Khan; Wafa  Fatima; Tallal Anwar  Faridi

doi:10.54393/pbmj.v5i2.134

Authors

Muhammad Azzam Khan Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore
Bareera Saeed Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore
Muhammad Ahmed Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore
Ruhamah Yousaf Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore
Saba Yaqoob Department of Speech Language Pathology, Nur International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Sikander Ghayas Khan Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore
Wafa Fatima University Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore
Tallal Anwar Faridi University Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pbmj.v5i2.134

Keywords:

Burnout syndrome, Speech-language pathologists, Comparison, Academic, Clinical, . Practices

Abstract

Speech-language pathologists being the important component of the health care professionals arevulnerable to Burnout syndrome. This generated a necessity to come up with approaches to eradicate this burnout by providing compensations from the organizations and taking care of the well being, job satisfaction of the speech-language pathologists. Objective: To assess the burnout among Speech-language pathologists in clinical and academic setup.Methodology: A cross-sectional study was held in which speech-language pathologists (n= 133) completed an online survey with 15 questions related to Burnout. A self-designed questionnaire was developed with the help of expert opinion and literature review. Measures of ratings included custom-made attitudinal statements towards burnout by Speech-language pathologists.Results: The outcome demonstrates that 46.5% of Speech-language pathologists experience Burnout which suggests that there’s no substantial burnout among Speech-language pathologists in clinical and academic setup.Conclusion(s):Job contentment, pressure, and burnout were found to be attributed to several occupational aspects, comprising components of need, assistance, and reward. No prior surveys have analyzed the interaction between various components of a job, which might increase satisfaction or alleviate tension in SLPs.

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