Burnout level in Iranian teachers and its related factors: A health promotion approach
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1 Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat‑e Heydarieh, Iran
2 Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat‑e Heydarieh, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Promoting the well‑being of students and teachers should be the goal of schoolmental health programs. A large body of evidence has highlighted that there is an emerging concernregarding the increasing stresses that teachers are dealing with. Burnout is a psychophysical statethat is characterized by emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and low sense of personalaccomplishment (PA). We aimed to assess burnout level in teachers’ population and its correlationwith demographic characteristics because it not only can be affected teachers’ health promotion butalso student well‑being promotion.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In the present cross‑sectional study, 322 high‑schoolteachers from thesecond district of Tehran were randomly selected and were asked to complete the standard MaslachBurnout Inventory questionnaire to evaluate the three areas of burnout. In addition, participants wereinterviewed for their demographic status (IR.TUMS.MEDICINE.REC.1397.473).RESULTS: The results of this study showed that male teachers exhibit significantly lower scorecompared with female ones in all three indicators of burnout including EE, DP, and PA (P < 0.05).The number of children teachers and income level in men also influenced all three indices (P < 0.05).Regarding the impact of spouse’s job status on burnout in men and women, PA was the only unaffectedarea (P > 0.05). Nevertheless, none of the demographic characteristics effected burnout domainsin female teacher population.CONCLUSION: Considering the results of this study that shows the higher burnout level in maleteachers and its association with several demographic characteristics such as income level andnumber of children, special attention should be paid to this gender to reduce possible stress andmental illness.
