Assessing the effect of demographic variables on job burnoutlevel(case stdudy: nursing staff in hospitals of Ahwaz Jundishapuruniversity)

Background: Job burnout is a psychological disorder that occurs under the influenceof severe job stress. This syndrome can influence job functions such as job quality ,general health and job satisfaction.Objective: In the current research, this phenomenon was studied among nurses inhospitals of Ahwaz Jundishapur university.Methods: In a sectional analytical – descriptive research, ۱۵۰ employess of thisprofession were evaluated. The data collection tool, was a multi – part questionnaireincluding demographic specification and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) forevaluating the job burnout Level in three dimensions of emotional exhaustion,depersonalization and lack of Individual success. Data after collection were analyzedby descriptive statistics indicators including frequency, average, standard deviationand inferential statistics ways including chi- square test , T-test, one-way Anova testand Pearson correlation at the significant level of( P ۰/۰۵) with the help of spss۱۳software.Results: The total amount of job burnout in the case study was reported ۱۱/۳% athigh level, in the depersonalization dimension , ۶۲% at high level In the emotionalexhausion dimension and ۳۵/۳% at high level in the reduced personal developmentdimension. About the demographic variables impact, Variables such as job tittle, shiftwork, employment status, workplace and overtime hours number showed significationat resonance and outbreak of job burnout.Conclusion: The findings of this research showed that job burnout was significantlyin the case study sample and it escalated under the impact of demographic variables.Performing Intervention research for reducing the level of nurses’ job burnout issuggested

Keywords:

Job Burnout , Nursing Staff , Hospital , Ahwaz