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Nigeria's public health system operates with a physician-to-population ratio of about 1:5,000, and chronic understaffing, long working hours and limited institutional support place healthcare workers at substantial risk; multi-cadre evidence from Lagos State remains scarce.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to assess the prevalence of burnout and coping strategies among healthcare workers in public healthcare facilities in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted over six months, during which respondents were recruited from selected general hospitals in Lagos State. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from 321 healthcare workers through a stratified random sampling. The data were cleaned and analysed using Epi Info version 7, with the significance level set at p\u2009&lt;\u20090.05.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The majority (54.5%) of the respondents were less than 30 years old, with a mean age of 30.60\u2009\u00b1\u20097.47. About 57.9% of the respondents were female. More than one-third, 127 (39.5%) of respondents experienced a high level of burnout, while only 93 (29.0%) reported having a low level of burnout overall. Nearly two-thirds, 195 (60.7%) of respondents occasionally adjust their self-expectations, such as by delegating tasks or declining certain responsibilities, and a smaller group, 48 (15%), sometimes resorted to substances such as alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette smoking as coping methods. Marital status (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), profession (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), work experience (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), and hours worked per week (p\u2009=\u20090.003) were statistically significantly associated with the prevalence of burnout among respondents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>With records of lower levels of personal achievements associated with a high rate of burnout, there is a need for the government and other stakeholders to take steps to address the incidence of burnout by improving working conditions for healthcare workers in healthcare facilities.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/10519815261494582","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]],"date-time":"2026-10-09T12:12:16Z","timestamp":1791547936000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Resilience under pressure: Healthcare worker burnout in Lagos, Nigeria public healthcare facilities"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6504-1570","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adeyinka","family":"Adeniran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Lagos State University College of Medicine"},{"name":"Lagos State University Teaching Hospital"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Omobola Yetunde","family":"Ojo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mariam A","family":"Ibrahim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lagos State University College of Medicine"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Solomon Sewanu","family":"Fasinu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lagos State University College of Medicine"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Omomayowa A","family":"Fregene","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lagos State University College of Medicine"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Taiwo","family":"Ikuesan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Acute and General Medicine Department, Princess Royal University Hospital"},{"name":"Acute and General Medicine Department, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, England, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","volume-title":"Health workforce requirements for universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals","author":"World Health Organisation","year":"2016","unstructured":"World Health Organisation. 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