Asgari H, Khalkhali H, Mohebbi I. ANALYTICAL SURVEY ON RELATION BETWEEN WORKLOAD WITH OCCUPATIONAL BURNOUT DIMENSIONS IN ICU NURSES. Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2016; 14 (1) :30-38
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http://unmf.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-2620-en.html
1- Urmia University of Medical Sciences
2- Associate Professor of Epidemiology &Biostatistics
3- Urmia University of Medical Sciences , iraj_mohebbi@yahoo.co.uk
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Received: 11 Nov, 2015 Accepted: 19 Mar, 2016
Abstract
Background & Aims: Nurses working in intensive care units endure more workloads in comparison with other nurses. This workload may lead these nurses to a job burnout. The study aims to investigate and analyze the correlation between workload and job burnout dimensions among nurses working in ICU.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive – analytical study was performed on all intensive care units staffs of affiliated hospitals of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, with applying census method. A total of 220 nurses were invited to participate. NASA-TLX workload questionnaire and Maslach’s burnout inventory (MBI) were distributed among them. After gathering the questionnaires, the data were analyzed by analytical- descriptive statistics.
Result: Of 220 ICU nurses about 82% with mean age of 35 years were participated in this study, 56.7% of them had a high degree in the field of emotional exhaustion, 40.9% and 35.6% of them a high degree in the lack of personal accomplishments and in depersonalization, respectively. There was a positive and significant correlation between workload and emotional exhaustion (r=0.416), lack of personal accomplishments (r=0.229), and depersonalization (r=0.192), 0.01(P
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مدیریت پرستاری