Correlation between workplace and occupational burnout syndrome in nurses
Omid Ahmadi1, Reza Azizkhani1, Monem Basravi2
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Advanced Biomedical Research
|March 15, 2014
Summary
Nurses in emergency and intensive care units experience higher occupational burnout than those in orthopedic and dialysis wards. Female nurses reported higher burnout levels than male nurses.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Occupational Health
- Psychology
Background:
- Investigated the impact of workplace environment on nurse burnout.
- Focused on nurses at Isfahan's Alzahra Hospital, a key university-affiliated facility.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the effect of specific hospital wards on burnout syndrome.
- To compare burnout rates across different nursing departments.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study involving 100 randomly selected nurses.
- Utilized the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) for data collection.
- Included nurses from emergency, orthopedic, dialysis, and intensive care unit (ICU) settings.
Main Results:
- Nurses in orthopedic and dialysis wards reported significantly lower burnout than those in emergency and ICU.
- No significant burnout difference was found between emergency and ICU nurses.
- Women nurses exhibited higher burnout levels compared to men.
Conclusions:
- Emergency and ICU environments are associated with higher nurse occupational burnout.
- Ward type significantly influences burnout levels among nurses.
- Gender is a factor in occupational burnout experienced by nurses.
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