Objective: Healthcare organizations and leaders within the critical care community are increasingly concerned about the development of burnout syndrome among intensive care unit (ICU) healthcare professionals. This study aims to assess the level of burnout among ICU doctors.

Methods: We conducted a descriptive type of cross-sectional study on 50 ICU doctors in the National Institution of Neuroscience & Hospital, Bangladesh. Data were collected randomly through face-to-face interviews who gave consent at the time of data collection in this hospital. This study was conducted by a non-randomized purposive sampling technique. We used a semi-structured questionnaire based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey to assess the Burnout outcome.

Results: According to the analysis, 52.8 % of all study respondents suffer moderate to high burnout and 47.2 % suffer low burnout. Doctors working in ICU who are single respondents (n-8, 20.4%; chi-square- 8.58, p-0.01), post-graduated completed (n-12, 17.1%; chi-square- 6.45, p-0.01) and members of extended family (n-17, 37.3%; chi-square- 7.04, p= 0.01), do private job (n-22, 47.8%; chi-square- 7.56, p= 0.01), practicing duration more than 5 years (n-23, 55.8%; chi-square- 5.28, p= 0.01), working time less than 12 hours (n- 4, 9.6%; chi-square- 8.12, p= 0.01) suffers moderate to high burnout. Around 45.3% of the participants suffer moderate emotional exhaustion, 54.8% of the participants suffer high depersonalization and 62.7% of the participants suffer low personal accomplishment by the Maslach Burnout Inventory Scale.

Conclusion: Burnout is a threatened issue for critical care providers. Evaluating a typical weekly schedule and eliminating unnecessary workloads can be the most pressing matter to turn down burnout.