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Burnout Evaluation and Potential Predictors in a Greek Cohort of Mental Health Nurses

Konstantinou, Adamos-Konstantinos, Bonotis, Konstantinos, Sokratous, Maria, Siokas, Vasileios, Dardiotis, Efthimios·2018·Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
DOI 10.1016/j.apnu.2018.01.002
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Background Job burnout is one of the most serious occupational health hazards, especially, among mental health nurses. It has been attributed among others to staff shortages, health service changes, poor morale and insufficient employee participation in decision-making. Aim The aim of this study was to measure burnout among mental health nurses, investigate relations between burnout and organizational factors and examine potential predictors of nurses' burnout. Specifically, this study aimed to investigate whether role conflict, role ambiguity, organizational commitment and subsequent job satisfaction could predict each of the three dimensions of burnout. Design/methodology/approach During current cross sectional, the survey was administered to 232 mental health nurses, employed in four private psychiatric clinics in the region of Larissa, Thessaly, Greece in May 2015. Our findings were based on the responses to 78 usable questionnaires. Different statistical analyses, such as correlation analyses, regression analyses and analyses of variance were performed in order to explore possible relations. Findings High emotional exhaustion (EE) accounted for 53.8% of the sample, while high depersonalization (DP) and high personal accomplishment (PA) accounted for 24.4% and 25.6%, respectively. The best predictors of burnout were found to be role conflict, satisfaction with workload, satisfaction with training, role ambiguity, satisfaction with pay and presence of serious family issues. Practical implications These findings have implications for organizational and individual interventions, indicating that mental health nurses' burnout could be reduced, or even prevented by team building strategies, training, application of operation management, clear instructions and psychological support.

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  • Role conflict is associated with Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalisation.

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  • Satisfaction with pay has an effect on Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalisation in a very small study of 78 nurses.

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Authors
Konstantinou, A.-K., Bonotis, K., Sokratous, M., Siokas, V., & Dardiotis, E.
Affiliations
University of Thessaly (GR)
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  • Siokas, Vasileios
  • Dardiotis, Efthimios
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Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-06
Volume
32
Issue
3
Pages
449-456
ISSN
0883-9417 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.apnu.2018.01.002
OpenAlex
W2781857035
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Occupational Health and Burnout
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Stress and Burnout Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Keywords
burnout, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric nursing, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, role conflict, role ambiguity, organizational commitment, job satisfaction, predictors of burnout, training satisfaction, pay satisfaction, family problems, occupational health, Greece
MeSH terms
Burnout, Psychological, Adult, Attitude of Health Personnel, Burnout, Professional, Female, Greece, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Mental Health, Nursing Staff, Hospital, Psychiatric Nursing, Surveys and Questionnaires, Cohort Studies, Nursing Methodology Research

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