Assessment of burnout rate and related factors in selected wards

نویسندگان

1 Alumnus Master of Science in nursing Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery ,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ,Tehran Iran.

2 Assistant professor, Department of Nursing Management ,Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ,Tehran, Iran.

3 Associate professor,Department of Nursing Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery,Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ,Tehran,Iran.

4 Associate Professor ,Department of Biostatistics, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

doi
10.22037/anm.v24i85.8148
چکیده

Background and Aims: Nurses experience numerous stresses in their work which may cause burnout .Thegoal of present study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with burnout in nurses workingin selected departments of teaching hospitals of University of Medical Sciences and Health Services in Fasaand Jahrom cities.Materials and Methods: In this cross – sectional study,120 nurses working in teaching hospitals Fasa andJahrom cities were included. Data were collected by a questionnaire which consisted a demographicinformation section , the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) and a list factors related to burnout. Internalconsistency of the questionnaires were obtained by calculating cronbach alpha which was = 0.7 and=0.76 for "Copenhagen Burnout Inventory" and "related factors with burnout questionnaire " respectively.Test –re test reliability was r=0. 89 and r=0.70 for "Copenhagen Burnout Inventory" and "related factors withburnout questionnaire " respectively. Data was analyzed with SPSS 17 software .Finding: The results showed that the mean scores was for personal-related burnout 52.94 ± 18.35% ,workrelatedburnout 54.14 ± 18.64%, the client-related burnout 41.91 ± 19.91 percent. According to theclassification made, burnout in the area of personal and work-related burnout among nurses was high leveland within client-related burnout was moderate. This study showed that the economic factor was the lessimportant factor for burnout , and the care related factors had the most significant association with burnoutin study units.Conclusion: High levels of burnout in this study indicate the need for more attention from managers andresolving the causes of burnout in nurses.Keywords: Burnout, Related factors, Nurse

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