Title Page
ABSTRACT
Contents
CHAPTER ONE. THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 10
1.1. Background of the Study 10
1.2. Statement of the Problem 13
1.3. Objectives of the Study 14
1.4. Research Questions 14
CHAPTER TWO. LITERATURE REVIEW 16
2.1. Pandemics of the Past 16
2.2. Stigmatization Associated with Infectious Diseases 17
2.3. Incidence of Burnout among Health Professionals 23
2.4. Increasing Job Satisfaction in the Health Sector 26
2.5. Using the Neuman Systems Model to explain Stigma and Burnout 28
CHAPTER THREE. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 31
3.1. Research Design 31
3.2. Research Methodology 32
3.3. Study Area 32
3.4. Study Population 33
3.5. Sample and Sampling Procedure 34
3.6. Data Collection Instrument 34
3.7. Data Collection Procedure 35
3.8. Method of Data Analysis 36
3.9. Inclusion Criteria 36
3.10. Exclusion Criteria 36
3.11. Ethical Considerations 37
CHAPTER FOUR. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 39
4.1. RESULTS 39
4.1.1. Social demographic background of respondents 39
4.1.2. Burnout among Ghanaian health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic 42
4.1.3. Stigma experienced by health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. 44
4.1.4. Increasing Ghanaian health Professionals satisfaction during emergency situations. 46
4.1.5. A linear regression of work status on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. 47
4.2. DISCUSSION 48
4.2.1. Burnout among Ghanaian health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic 48
4.2.2. Stigma experienced by health professionals during the COVID-19 48
4.2.3. Job satisfaction among Ghanaian health professionals during emergency situations 49
4.2.4. Summary of the results and discussions 51
CHAPTER FIVE. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 52
5.0. Conclusions 52
5.1. Recommendations 52
REFERENCES 54
APPENDICES 62
APPENDIX Ⅰ 62
APPENDIX Ⅱ 65
초록 70
Table 3.1. Questionnaire Formulation 35
Table 4.1. Social demographic background of respondents 41
Table 4.2. Burnout among Ghanaian health professionals during COVID-19 43
Table 4.3. Stigma experienced by health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic 45
Table 4.4. Job satisfaction among Ghanaian health professionals in emergency situations 46
Table 4.5. Linear regression analysis of the relationship between work status of respondents and impact of COVID-19 47
Table 4.6. Summary of the results of variables 51
Table 4.7. Test of Significance: Dependent〉Independent 51
Figure 1.0. The Neuman System Model 29
Figure 2.0. Age distribution of respondents 39
Figure 3.0. Level of education of respondents 40
Figure 4.0. Work type of respondents. 41