Journal of Occupational Health and Epidemiology

en Job Burnout among Employees and Therapists in Counseling Centers for Behavioral Diseases in Iran Occupational Health Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;">Background: Job burnout is more frequent in stressful and high-risk jobs. Healthcare workers, especially Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) workers and therapists, are more exposed to job burnout. This study aimed to compare the burnout rate among the staff and therapists working in behavioral disease counseling centers and health centers in 9 provinces of Iran. Material and Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 9 provinces of Iran from January 2020 to March 2020. For this research, 94 VCT workers as the experimental group, and 103 public clinic workers participated as the available sampling group. To collect the data, the Meslesh questionnaire was used and descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, etc.) and inferential methods were applied for statistical analysis (t-test, one-way analysis of variance and Tukey post hoc test, chi - square test and Spearman correlation test). (P< 0.05) Results: Our finding showed that 33% of health center workers and 32% of VCT workers had burnout, but the difference was not statistically significant. Most Health Center (HC) workers who showed burnout were working in the southern province of Iran (Bushehr and Bandar Abbas), and the most VCT workers who showed burnout were working in the western province of Iran (Kermanshah and Kurdistan). Conclusion: Although the rate of burnout in the staff of these two centers is very similar, it can be concluded that due to the small number of people referred to AIDS centers compared to the large number of patients in health centers, working with people with HIV/AIDS is so difficult. </div> Burnout,Psychological,Occupational Stress,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,Iran, 227 233 http://johe.rums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-576-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Morteza Mehraeen mehraeen110@gmail.com 22400319475328460010643 22400319475328460010643 No M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology, HIV/AIDS Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Marjan Faghih marjanfaghih94@gmail.com 22400319475328460010644 22400319475328460010644 No Assistant Prof., Dept. of Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Markazi, Iran. Arak University of Medical Sciences Hassan Joulaei joulaei_h@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010645 22400319475328460010645 No Assosiated Prof., Health Policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Seyed Ahmad Seyed Alinaghi s_a_alinaghi@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010646 22400319475328460010646 No Assosiated Prof., Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tehran University of Medical Sciences Farzane Pirmadah pirmadahfarzane@gmail.com 22400319475328460010647 22400319475328460010647 No M.Sc. in Public Health Nutrition, International Campus, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences Wali Amini doctoraminipharmacy@gmail.com 22400319475328460010648 22400319475328460010648 No Pharm.D., Non-Governmental Expert Pharmacist, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Kurdistan, Iran. Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Parvin Afsar Kazerooni p.afsar50@gmail.com 22400319475328460010649 22400319475328460010649 No M.D. in Social Medicine, Community Medicine Specialist, Previous National HIV/AIDS/STI Program Manager, Center for Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. Ministry of Health and Medical Education Fariba Qhiasi fariba.ghiasi3817@gmail.com 22400319475328460010650 22400319475328460010650 No M.Sc. in Sociology, HIV/AIDS Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Soloman Yeilaghi s1347.yeilaghi@gmail.com 22400319475328460010651 22400319475328460010651 No B.Sc. in Public Health, Expert and Director of Counseling and Behavioral Disorders, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences Marjan Meshkati javani2@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010652 22400319475328460010652 No M.D., Expert of HIV/AIDS in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Nasim Nasiri Moghadam ir8219@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010653 22400319475328460010653 No M.D., HIV/AIDS Expert, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Kerman University of Medical Sciences Farzane Hosseini dr.farzanehosseini@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010654 22400319475328460010654 No M.D., Voluntary Counselling and Testing Center, Health Deputy, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran. Birjand University of Medical Sciences Mohammad Reza Miri mirimr9@gmail.com 22400319475328460010655 22400319475328460010655 No Ph.D. in Biotechnology, Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology Research Center, the Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran. Bushehr University of Medical Sciences Zahra Heydari heydari77zahra87@gmail.com 22400319475328460010656 22400319475328460010656 No M.Sc. in Candidate of Nano Bio Technology, Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Behesti University, Tehran, Iran. Shahid Behesti University, Mohammadreza Heydari Heydari280@yahoo.com 22400319475328460010657 22400319475328460010657 Yes Assistant Prof., HIV/AIDS Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences