Prevalence of burnout among nurses in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.

Objective: The objective of this review was to determine the prevalence rates for burnout among nurses working in countries within the sub-Saharan Africa region.

Introduction: Burnout is a response to chronic work-related stress. While there is ample information on its prevalence and risk factors in well-resourced settings in high-income countries, it remains poorly studied in the low- and middle-income countries of sub-Saharan Africa, which bear the larger share of the global burden of disease.