The relationship between occupational stresses with job burnout in pre-hospital emergency staff

Background & Objective: Job burnout is one of the inevitable consequences of occupational stress. Professional staff of social services are the first candidates of burnout, therefore this study was aimed to determine the relationship between occupational stresses with job burnout in pre-hospital emergency staff. Method: In this cross-sectional study, ۲۰۶ employees, working in ۴۴ pre-hospital emergency bases in Golestan province were enrolled in years ۲۰۱۱-۱۲. Information was obtained by occupational stress questionnaire and Maslach Burnout and then using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient test, ANOVA, T-Test and Tukey tests the data were analyzed in SPSS software. Results: ۱۱۷ individuals (۷۵.۵ percent) had moderate to high stress. Organizational factors (۲۱.۶۲ ± ۶.۰۵) with a mean score from ۱۰۰ (۶۵.۵۱) had the highest score in causing stress and physical factors (۱۰.۴۴ ± ۳.۴۳), occupational (۳۷.۱۲ ± ۱.۱۲) and group factors (۱۰.۵۴ ± ۱.۱۲) were second and third respectively. Among all the subjects, ۷۶.۶% had experienced moderate to high burnout. There was a significant statistical difference between job stress and age (P=۰.۰۲) , type of employment (P=۰.۰۴۸) and between burnout and education (P=۰.۰۲۸) in the overall level of job stress and burnout significant correlation was observed (r=۰.۳۳۵, P<۰.۰۰۱). Conclusion: Emergency staffs work in a stressful environment, which leads to burnout, thus identifying stressors and ways to overcome these factors, especially in the corporate (management) dimension can help reduce burnout.

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Occupational Stress , Burnout , Pre-Hospital Emergency , استرس شغلی , فرسودگی شغلی , اورژانس پیش بیمارستانی