A cross‐sectional survey to explore the prevalence and causes of occupational burnout syndrome among perioperative nurses in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Aim To detect the level of burnout and its most significant causes among perioperative nurses. Design A descriptive quantitative cross‐sectional survey design. Methods Data on burnout and its most significant causes were collected by surveying 39 perioperative nurses in a regional hospital in Saudi Arabia using the Maslach Burnout Inventory and a self‐developed questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to perform statistical analysis. Results Burnout was detected in 5% of respondents. A high level of emotional exhaustion was detected in 87.2%. Similarly, a high level of depersonalization was detected in 56.4%, while 15.4% of nurses showed a low sense of personal accomplishment. Several factors were identified as the causes of burnout such as high workload, staff shortage, poor teamwork, insufficient salary and occupational hazards. However, lack of departmental support and undesirable supervision in the workplace seem to be the main causes of burnout.

Viewpoint of operating room nurses about factors associated with the occupational burnout: A qualitative study

“…Consistent with the present study, studies conducted by Almodibeg and Smith (2021), Nahid et al (2021), andImani et al (2022) have emphasized the role of factors such as lack of appreciation and inadequate pay, shortfall of nurses, lack or inadequate equipment, and inappropriate physical facilities in operating room nurses burnout. Ambiguity in the duties of operating room nurses was another issue that was expressed by study participants as a cause of burnout.…”

“…In their study, Almodibeg and Smith stated that although the prevalence of burnout was low among operating room nurses, these individuals were at a high risk. Numerous factors such as high workload, insufficient salary, job risks and lack of organizational support were cited as the main causes of burnout ( Almodibeg and Smith, 2021 ). Limited studies on burnout of operating room nurses were found in Iran.…”

“…The results of a study by Mirmortazavi and Ghafari showed that 47.8% of Iranian operating room nurses experience burnout and are severely involved in restlessness, physical problems, and depersonalization phenomenon that the issue requires special attention ( Mirmortazavi and Ghafari, 2017 ). Previous studies have mostly investigated the burnout of nurses in different departments of the hospital in a descriptive and quantitative method ( Medeiros-Costa et al, 2017 ; Almodibeg and Smith, 2021 ; Li et al, 2021 ). While conducting qualitative studies is necessary to better understand the concept of job burnout among nurses ( Medeiros-Costa et al, 2017 ).…”

Prevalence and factors associated with burnout among nurses in Jeddah: a single-institution cross-sectional study

“…A study conducted by Adeeb Shahin et al, demonstrated that about 39% of the nurses had high EE, and 38% had high DP [ 11 ]. Another local study including thirty-nine perioperative nurses showed high EE levels in 87.2% of them [ 19 ]. Similarly, the nurses in our study scored high in each of the three burnout dimensions, resulting in more than 50% of the nurses with 56.8% and 71.6% prevalence of EE and DP, respectively with DP being the most prevalent.…”

The Effort-Reward Model and Its Effect on Burnout Among Nurses in Ecuador

“…Several authors agree on the adverse job characteristics that are associated with burnout processes, especially in nursing employees ( Dall’Ora et al, 2020 ; Almodibeg and Smith, 2021 ; Boateng et al, 2021 ). In addition, the negative consequences that this exhaustion process has both on organizations, affecting the quality of the service they provide ( Leon-Perez et al, 2016 ), and on their lives, developing mental ( Ding et al, 2014 ) and psychosomatic disorders ( Guerrero-Barona et al, 2020 ).…”