Working and Environmental Factors on Job Burnout: A Cross-sectional Study Among Nurses

Abstract

Background:Burnout is a problem that impacts on the staff management costs and on the patient care quality.Objective:This work aimed to investigate some psychosocial factors related to burnout. Specifically, we explored the sample characteristics for moderate/high emotional exhaustion, cynicism and professional inefficacy, as well as the relationship between both working and environmental variables and burnout.Method:A cross-sectional study involving 307 nurses from one Italian hospital was carried out. A self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data. Data analysis was performed by using SPSS 19.0.Results:The results showed that there was a significant difference between nurses with low and moderate/high burnout in all the three components in almost all the examined organizational variables. In addition, we found that the aspects of working life had a significant impact on the three dimensions of burnout.Conclusions: The findings of this study not only can provide useful basis for future research in the field, but also can offer practical suggestions for improving nursing practice and promote effective workplace, thus reducing the risk burnout among nurses.

Factores de riesgo psicosocial que afectan a los profesionales en enfermería

“…Las demandas emocionales en enfermería surgen en la interacción con el sujeto de cuidado de diversas maneras porque la enfermera no solo se centra en los problemas de salud de su paciente, sino que también puede ser afectada por aspectos de índole emocional, familiar, social o laboral (13,44,80,81). Estas demandas aparecen cuando en su labor el profesional en enfermería se enfrenta a situaciones complejas en la atención de pacientes, principalmente en servicios de salud mental, urgencias y cuidados intensivos, en los cuales interactúa con individuos críticamente enfermos, conflictivos, moribundos o en condiciones de especial complejidad (23,44,71,(82)(83)(84).…”

Work environment-related factors and nurses’ health outcomes: A cross-sectional study in Lebanese hospitals

“…A cross-sectional study in Spain showed a negative relationship between emotional exhaustion and each of sta ng and resources adequacy and nurse manager ability, leadership, and support of nurses (21). Furthermore, teamwork climate manifested in good working relationships and communication between nurses was signi cantly associated with low emotional exhaustion among nurses working in Brazilian (46) and Italian hospitals (22). Our ndings complement these results and further suggest that several aspects of the working environment are related to musculoskeletal and mental/emotional health among nurses with more direct relationships between certain physical-related demands and musculoskeletal disease whereas associations with mental health problems and mental health exhaustion is diffuse and widespread across 7 of the 10 investigated workrelated factors.…”

“…In addition to the nature of the nursing tasks -which are largely stress-inducing and put nurses in routine exposure to grief and suffering of others - (6,19,21,22), data show that work environment factors in healthcare institutions are associated with nurses' physical (9,23,24) and emotional (21,22,(25)(26)(27) health. Several aspects of the work environment in hospitals have been suggested to in uence nurses' health, including workload demands, nurse manager ability, leadership and support of nurses, sta ng and resource adequacy, and workplace teamwork climate (28).…”

“…The majority of published studies focus solely on one health outcome or one aspect of the working environment. (9,22) and data that systematically investigate multiple work environment factors and different nurses' health outcomes are needed to better characterize the relationship of certain health outcomes to speci c components of the work environment. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, there are no data on how the allocation of nursing tasks (whether performed by registered nurses (RNs) versus other caregivers) relate to nurses' physical and emotional health; in addition, the integration of detailed work environment assessments, namely using the domains of NASA Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) scale (29) is lacking.…”

Defense mechanisms and quality of life in military personnel with burnout syndrome

“…Persons who aspire to perfectionism have a particular tendency to this syndrome, as those with the unreal expectations and estimations connected with themselves and their own job. Some conflicts connected with the professional roles result in emotional exhaustion and ambivalent attitude to their job, low protection of co-workers and reduce working potential and create a sense of low accomplishment and low confidence [10][11][12][13] .…”