Burnout in Swedish midwives

Hildingsson, Ingegerd; Westlund, Kajsa; Wiklund, Ingela

doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2013.07.001

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“…It is well known that midwives have a high level of burnout compared with the general population [3] [4] [5], and are historically likely to be in a state of burnout [29]. Comparing the level of burnout among eight countries, Japanese staff nurses had higher levels of exhaustion and cynicism, and a lower level of professional efficacy than those in other countries [30].…”

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Relationship of High Work Engagement among Staff Midwives with Their Immediate Superiors’ Burnout on Maternity and Labor Wards in Japan

Emiko¹,

Inoue²,

Ohashi³

2017

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Introduction: Mental conditions for work among workers are related to clinical performance and influenced by colleagues within the same workplace. The aim of study was to examine the work engagement and burnout of staff midwives working on maternity and labor wards and to determine the factors related to high work engagement of staff midwives, including their immediate superiors' work engagement and burnout. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was employed in Japan. Questionnaires were distributed to 452 midwives/nurses working on maternity and labor wards of 20 hospitals and responses from 96 staff midwives and 17 of their immediate superiors were analyzed. Work engagement and burnout (exhaustion, cynicism, and professional efficacy) were assessed by the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, respectively. To examine the association of work engagement among staff midwives with their ages, marital status and work engagement and burnout of their superiors, logistic regression analysis was conducted. Results: Immediate superiors showed significantly higher level of work engagement than staff midwives, while there was no difference in the burnout. High work engagement of staff midwives was significantly correlated with the professional efficacy (AOR 1.93, 95% CI 1.12 -3.33) and cynicism (AOR 2.01, 95% CI, 1.04 -3.90) of their immediate superiors. There was no correlation of work engagement between them. Conclusions: High work engagement of staff midwives was correlated to high professional efficacy and cynicism of their immediate superiors, suggesting that there might be crossover effects on mental conditions for work between staff midwives and their immediate superiors.

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“…Midwives working in maternity and labor wards have been shown to experience high levels of burnout and emotional stress [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. Burnout from working has been used previously to assess workers' negative mental condition [6].…”

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Relationship of High Work Engagement among Staff Midwives with Their Immediate Superiors’ Burnout on Maternity and Labor Wards in Japan

Emiko¹,

Inoue²,

Ohashi³

2017

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“…Burnout among physiotherapists was first investigated in Massachusetts in 1993 [14], and then in Japan in 2002 [15] and in Italy in 2006 [16]. Risk factors for burnout include high work-related demands, having little control over the outcomes of work, young age and the female sex [17][18][19][20]. Other important causes include lack of autonomy, an excessive load of task and responsibilities, lack of feedback on the roles one fulfils and lack of support and help from others [21].…”

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Burnout among physiotherapists and length of service

Śliwiński¹,

Starczyńska²,

Kotela³

et al. 2014

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to the development of burnout among physiotherapists with different length of service in physiotherapy. Material and Methods: The following research tools were used to study burnout: the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LSQ), based on FLZ (Fragebogen zur Lebenszufriedenheit) by Frahrenberg, Myrtek, Schumacher, and Brähler; the Burnout Scale Inventory (BSI) by Steuden and Okła; and an ad hoc questionnaire to collect socio-demographic data. The survey was anonymous and voluntary and involved a group of 200 active physiotherapists working in Poland. Results: A statistical analysis revealed significant differences in overall life satisfaction between length-of-service groups (p = 0.03). Physiotherapists with more than 15 years of service reported greater satisfaction than those with less than 5 years and between 5 and 15 years of service. The results suggest that burnout in those with 5-15 years of service is higher in physiotherapists working in health care centers and increases with age and greater financial satisfaction, while it decreases with greater satisfaction with friend and family relations and greater satisfaction with one's work and profession. In those with more than 15 years of service, burnout increases in the case of working in a setting other than a health care or educational center and decreases with greater satisfaction with one's work and profession. Conclusions: Job satisfaction and a satisfying family life prevent burnout among physiotherapists with 5-15 years of service in the profession. Financial satisfaction, age and being employed in health care may cause burnout among physiotherapists with 5-15 years of service. Physiotherapists with more than 15 years of service experience more burnout if they work in a setting other than a health care or educational center and less burnout if they are satisfied with their profession.

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“…The midwives revealed different strategies that are in line with the notion that it is important to be in the birthing suite with the woman and either sit there talking/being quiet or assisting the woman more actively with her needs regarding position change, food, and beverages. To be present with the woman has been emphasised as a core value in midwifery in other studies (28,33) and is referred to as an aspect of "what midwifery is all about" and "the art of midwifery"; it can be interpreted in line with the notion of "real midwifery", which is considerably valued by midwives (10,34). However, it is also worth noting that this type of work, despite being understood as "real midwifery", was also felt to be demanding.…”

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