The study of the intention to leave work and its relationship with job burnout among midwives: the long-lasting impacts of COVID-19
Abstract Background: It is important to evaluate the long-term effects of the Covid 19 epidemic on the tendency of midwives to leave their jobs. The study was aimed to examine the intention to leave work and its relationship with job burnout among midwives working at Ayatollah Mousavi hospital of Zanjan one year after the Covid-19 disease. In a descriptive-analytical study, the tendency of 88 midwives to leave their jobs was evaluated one year after the outbreak of Covid disease in 2021. The midwives were selected by convenience sampling methods. Data were collected using the Maslach burnout questionnaire and Attwood and Hinshaw tendency to leave the job. Data analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple linear regression model with the stepwise method at 95% confidence level.Results:The mean tendency to leave the job was 29.71 ± 6.75. Most of the midwives have a moderate level of the tendency to leave the job (47.7%). There was a significant positive correlation between all three components of burnout and the tendency to leave the job. The odds of leaving the job were 0.344 times higher in people with high emotional fatigue and 0.276 times in people with rotational shift work.Conclusion:It can be concluded that the tendency to leave the job was moderate. Given the relationship between emotional fatigue and the tendency to leave the job, planning to increase the mental strength and resilience of midwives during the epidemic of COVID-19 seems necessary.