Prevalence of burnout in mental health nurses and related factors: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnout in mental health nurses and to identify its predictors. A systematic review was conducted of studies published in the following databases: CINAHL, Dialnet, LILACS, ProQuest, PsycINFO, PubMed, SciELO, and Scopus. The search equation used was “Nurs * AND Burnout AND mental health”. Subsequently, three fixed‐effects meta‐analyses were performed, one for each dimension of burnout, to calculate its prevalence and the corresponding confidence intervals. The data were analysed using StatsDirect meta‐analysis software. Eleven studies were finally included (n = 11). In most cases, the literature informs about moderate levels of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. The studies inform that variables such as work overload, work‐related stress, professional seniority, male gender, being single, and aggression at work, among other factors, contribute to burnout development. The meta‐analytic prevalence estimations of burnout with a sample of n = 868 mental health nurses are 25% for high emotional exhaustion, 15% for depersonalization, and 22% for low personal accomplishment. From a workforce development and safety perspective, it is important for managers to address the emotional exhaustion and low personal accomplishment aspects of burnout reported in the workplace by mental health nurses.
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Approximately half of physicians and nurses in the US report significant burnout symptoms in the form of high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization, and/or a low sense of personal accomplishment.
“According to most recent studies, approximately half of physicians and nurses in the US report significant burnout symptoms in the form of high emotional exhaustion, high depersonalization, and/or a low sense of personal accomplishment.3-5”
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- Authors
- López‐López, I. M., Gómez‐Urquiza, J. L., Cañadas, G. R., De la Fuente, E. I., Albendín‐García, L., & Cañadas‐De la Fuente, G. A.
- Affiliations
- Hospital Sant Jaume de Calella (ES)
- Universidad de Granada (ES)
- Department of Methodology of the Behavioral Science, Faculty of Psychology University of Granada Granada Spain
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Granada Granada Spain
- Corresponding author
- Albendín‐García, Luis
- Venue
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2019-05-27
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1035-1044
- ISSN
- 1445-8330 (ISSN-L)
- 1447-0349
- OpenAlex
- W2947920650
- Cited by
- 239
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 47 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 38 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 4
- FWCI
- 6.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Agencia de Innovación y Desarrollo de Andalucía (P11HUM-7771)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › 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, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, burnout prevalence, risk factors, work overload, occupational stress, professional seniority, gender, marital status, workplace aggression, nursing workforce
- MeSH terms
- Burnout, Professional, Humans, Psychiatric Nursing, Risk Factors, Prevalence
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