Nurses' work value patterns and their relationship with burnout: a cross-sectional study based on latent profile...

Area of Science:

• Nursing Research
• Occupational Health Psychology
• Sociology of Professions

Background:

• A significant association exists between work values and burnout in nurses.
• Previous research often overlooked diverse work value patterns within nursing groups.
• A comprehensive understanding of specific work value patterns and their link to burnout is lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

• To identify distinct work value patterns among Chinese nurses.
• To analyze sociodemographic variations across identified work value patterns.
• To explore the relationship between these work value patterns and nurse burnout.

Main Methods:

• A cross-sectional study involving 505 nurses who completed a survey.
• Latent profile analysis was used to identify work value patterns from 30 scale items.
• Bivariate analysis, multiple logistic regression, and ANOVA were employed to examine relationships.

Main Results:

• Three distinct nurse work value patterns were identified: demand support (16.6%), intrinsically driven (42.2%), and overall identification (41.2%).
• Sociodemographic factors like age, marital status, experience, education, and career establishment predicted specific patterns.
• Significant differences in burnout levels were observed among nurses across the identified work value patterns.

Conclusions:

• This study offers novel insights into nurse work motivation and stressors.
• Significant variations in burnout experiences exist based on nurses' work value patterns.
• Findings provide a basis for targeted interventions to mitigate nurse burnout and inform future research.