The relationship between experiential avoidance and burnout syndrome in critical care nurses: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey

Iglesias, Marta Elena Losa; Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo; Fuentes, Paloma Salvadores

doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.06.014

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“…16 However, other various studies found age, gender, level of education, marital status to be associated with burnout. 3,17,18 Conversely, in this study high level of burnout was found among married participants but there was no significant association between marital status and burnout (P >0.05). In addition, it was found that having a partner to share with, helps to overcome psychological issues which explains low level of burnout among married individuals.…”

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confidence: 61%

Burnout among nurses working in critical care settings: a case of a selected tertiary hospital in Rwanda

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INTRODUCTIONBurnout is characterized by loss of emotional strength, not valuing human beings living together with or offering service and decreased in job performance and success due to lack of interest related to occupational stressors.1Burnout was recognized as work related danger among human oriented professionals including health care professionals since they are required to work many hours to help humans and face a challenge of high demand and low resources.1 Burnout is due to prolonged work related stress that is not managed. In a work environment this leads to high worker turnover, absenteeism, compromise of interpersonal relationships, reduced productivity and low personal achievement. 2High level of burnout was identified among nurses working in ICU (Intensive Care Unit) and Emergency Department. A systematic review on burnout among ICU health professionals found the prevalence to range from 6% to 47%. 3 Moreover, this systematic review found the following risk factors: age, gender, work experience, ABSTRACT Background: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Department are more stressful areas therefore nurses in those areas are prone to high level of burnout than others. In Rwanda, studies on burnout among nurses are limited and there is no research targeting specifically nurses working in ICU and Emergency Department. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of burnout among nurses working in ICU and Emergency Department in a selected referral hospital of Kigali. Methods: A quantitative approach was adopted. The descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Sixty nurses were involved in the study and they were selected using a total population sampling strategy. A self-administered questionnaire and Maslach Burnout Inventory Human Service Survey were used to collect data. Data were analysed using SPSS version 21.0. Results: The study found high level of burnout among 61.7% of the participants under study. High workload and intention to leave were associated with burnout (P<0.05). Burnout was measured by high Emotional Exhaustion (EE) 29 (48.3%), high Depersonalization (DP) 15 (25%) and low Personal Accomplishment (PA) 30 (50%). Conclusions: The high level of burnout identified among ICU and emergency department nurses is mainly associated with high workload and intention to leave the work within the next 12 months.

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Burnout among nurses working in critical care settings: a case of a selected tertiary hospital in Rwanda

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“…In the present study, no significant difference was found in the mean scores of burnout dimensions between male and female nurses. One study showed higher burnout among female nurses (1) while another study showed higher burnout among males (23); however, some others found no significant differences in burnout between male and female nurses (24)(25)(26). Moreover, the present study showed that the mean score of EE was significantly higher in the single nurses.…”

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Comparative Study of Job Burnout Among Critical Care Nurses With Fixed and Rotating Shift Schedules

Shamali¹,

Shahriari²,

Babaii³

et al. 2015

Nurs Midwifery Stud

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Background: Nurses, as health care providers, are insurmountably obliged to the practice of shift work. Literature has reported shift working as one of the inducing factors of burnout. Despite numerous studies in this area, there are inconsistencies on the relationship between shift working and burnout among nurses, especially in those who work in critical care settings. Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the occupational burnout in critical care nurses with and without fixed shift schedules. Patients and Methods:In this comparative study, 130 nurses with rotating shift schedule and 130 nurses with fixed shift schedule from six university hospitals were selected using stratified random sampling. Maslach burnout inventory was used for data collection. Independent samples t-test, chi-square and one-way ANOVA tests were used to analyze the data. Results: Most of the participants were females (62.7%), aged between 22 -29 years (38.5%), married (59.2%), and had a bachelor degree (86.9%). The mean score of emotional exhaustion was significantly higher in nurses with fixed shift schedules (P < 0.001). However, no significant difference was found between the mean scores of the two groups in the personal accomplishment and depersonalization subscales (P > 0.05). Moreover, no significant difference was found in burnout mean scores between nurses with fixed morning and fixed night shifts (P > 0.05). The means of the emotional exhaustion subscale were significantly different in nurses with different characteristics (P < 0.05) except the gender and working unit. Conclusions: As a result of this study, it was found that critical care nurses with fixed shift schedules display more burnout in emotional exhaustion dimension, compared to those working with rotating shift schedules.

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“…24 Besides, researchers reported that nurses in special wards experienced high levels of compassion fatigue. 25 In the study by Amaducci and colleagues, 26 83.5% of the nursing students had moderate to severe fatigue with varying range of effects on the activities of daily living (ADL), the main cause being academic activities. Since individual's life style, culture, and organizational policies affect the prevalence and severity of work fatigue, and the prevention of work fatigue demands multi-dimensional approaches including involvement of the organization, clinical unit, and the individual, 24 developing support systems for nurses with fatigue and burnout is rendered as mandatory.…”

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Perception of Fatigue in Female Nurses Employed in Hospitals

Pourmovahed¹,

Nasiriani²

2017

Women Health Open J

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Background: Fatigue is the inability to maintain the required stamina in work capacity with consequences affecting occupational performance, health, and safety. Women are often more exposed to the risk of fatigue because they tend to be multitaskers. The present survey is aimed at determining the perceived fatigue in female nurses employed in hospitals and identifying the individual and occupational factors affecting it. Methods: This survey was conducted on 270 female nurses. The sample was selected using multistage randomized stratified multistage sampling. To collect the data, a demographic and occupational information, and Iowa Fatigue Scale (IFS) were filled using the self-report technique. The gleaned data were analyzed with SPSS16 using analysis of variance (ANOVA), T-test and, and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The overall score of nurses fatigue was 30.78±7.90. There was a statistically significant difference between employment status (p=0.01), husband's support (p=0.00), age (p=0.008), and work experience (p=0.02) on one hand, and fatigue. There was no significant difference between marital status (p=0.23), type of ward (p=0.59), official position (p=0.51), work shift (p=0.29), having a suckling (p=0.10), having a second job (0.25), and monthly work hours (p=0.38) and fatigue. Conclusion: Based on the findings of this survey, a moderate degree of fatigue was observed among female nurses employed in clinical wards. Also, factors such as age, being married, employment status, and husband's support have considerable impact on the perceived fatigue. This demands the application of preventive interventions to decrease fatigue in female nurses specifically for older married nurses with permanent employment.

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The relationship between experiential avoidance and burnout syndrome in critical care nurses: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey

Cited by 116 publications

References 37 publications

Burnout among nurses working in critical care settings: a case of a selected tertiary hospital in Rwanda

Burnout among nurses working in critical care settings: a case of a selected tertiary hospital in Rwanda

Comparative Study of Job Burnout Among Critical Care Nurses With Fixed and Rotating Shift Schedules

Perception of Fatigue in Female Nurses Employed in Hospitals

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