Impact of different physical activity domains on burnout among public healthcare workers in Selangor

Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of burnout due to the extremely stressful nature of the healthcare profession.Physical acvity (PA) is acknowledged as one of the protecve factors for mental health.This study aimed to invesgate the associaons between different PA domains (occupaon-related PA (OPA), transportaon-related PA (TPA), and leisure-me-related PA (LTPA)) and burnout among HCWs in Selangor.This is a cross-seconal study using the mul-stage strafied cluster random sampling method.The validated Global Physical Acvity (GPAQ) and Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) instruments were used.A chisquare test was used to idenfy the associaon, and Spearman's rho correlaons test was used to evaluate the strength and direcon of the associaon between the PA domain and burnout.This study included a total of 302 HCWs and reported a prevalence of personal burnout (68.21%), work-related burnout (68.87%), and client-related burnout (76.16%).The study found that total PA was significantly associated with gender, educaon level, household income, profession, and smoking status, while OPA was associated with working staon and chronic disease.TPA was influenced by marital status, household income, profession, working staon, and years of service, whereas LTPA was primarily associated with gender, educaon level, working staon, and smoking status.Both personal and work-related burnouts were inversely correlated with TPA (-0.247 to -0.226, p<0.001).The prevalence of burnouts among HCWs in Selangor was high.TPA, but not OPA or LTPA, was associated with a lower risk of personal and work-related burnout, suggesng that increased TPA would be beneficial to mental health.