ABSTRACT
Background:The rates of burnout globally among university lecturers are reported to range from 5% and 45%. The demand of high standard quality services has increased with the on-going globalization worldwide. The estimate of burnout among university lecturers often yield high values and varies between countries, across time, specialties or work sector, i.e. public/private or rural/urban. Education, and especially higher education (University), is one of the areas with the highest prevalence of burnout, which some authors estimate to be 40%.
Objectives: To assess burnout among university lecturers working in University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, to identify and address potential issues that could affect their well-being and job performance.
Materials And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was utilized for this study. Five hundred and forty nine respondents were selected using multi-stage sampling techniques. Data were collected using a structured interviewer-administered questionnaire comprising both opened ended and closed questions addressing the knowledge, prevalence, determinant and coping strategy of burnout. Data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 25.0 and a p < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results: The response rate in this study was 100%. Most of the respondents from this study were in the age group 40-49 with mean age group of 41.88(+6.23) years. Out of the total respondents, 517 (94.2%) had good knowledge while 32 (5.2%) had poor knowledge of burnout. Prevalence of burnout among university lecturers were high in about five hundred and eighteen (97.5) of the respondents. Length of career, faculty and age were the factors found to have affected the knowledge and prevalence.
