Magnitude of burnout and its associated factors among nurses working in public hospitals of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia

Abstract

Background: Nurses are exposed to professional burnout due to their exposure to physical, mental, and emotional stressors, which can lead to numerous complications in their personal, social, and organizational life. Objectives: To assess the magnitude of nurses' burnout and its associated factors in public hospitals of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. Methodology: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted on 369 nurses selected by systematic sampling technique. A structured self-administered Amharic version questionnaire was used. Data was, coded and entered in Epi data version 3.7 and analysed by SPSS version 22 software. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the variables. Multivariate analysis, AOR, 95%CI and p-value<0.05 were used to identify variables which had significant association with dependant variable. Permission was obtained from Institution Review Board (IRB) of Addis Ababa University. Information obtained from participants was kept secured and confidential. Result: A total of 369 participant nurses were included in this study, with response rate of 100%, from these respondents 186 nurses (50.4%) were suffered from professional burnout. There is significant association between burnout and educational status [AOR=3.

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“…Nurses with fair health status were 13.7 times more risky for burnout than nurses who perceives their health status as good (p-value<0.001). This finding is consistent with the study done in Amhara regional state which revealed increased risk of burnout by perceiving current health status as fair [16].…”

“…The nurses who were married were 2.3 times more risky for burnout than nurses who were single (p-value = 0.013). This association was not consistent with the study conducted in Amhara regional state, which showed reduced risk of burnout and married marital status [16]. The difference may due to income levels and other personal characters.…”

“…Single population proportion was used to determine the sample size of the study. By considering the assumption: Z = standard normal distribution (Z = 1.96), with confidence interval of 95%, P = magnitude of burnout among nurses done in Amhara regional state 50.4% [16], d = margin of error = 0.05. Then adding 10% (384×0.1 = 38) of respondents, the total sample was 422.…”

“…the same area, Amhara regional state among 369 nurses which was 50.4%. The differences may be due to setting or difference in the geographical setting [16,22].…”

“…The study which was conducted on health professional working at Jimma University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), to assess the status of burnout among them shows that, from 334 of health professionals, the magnitude of burnout among nurses was 82.75% which was higher than the others' health professional [15] and also the study which was conducted among nurses working in public hospitals of Amhara regional state reveal high prevalence of burnout among nurses (50.4%) [16].…”