Job burnout situation in nurses in psychiatric wards: a cross-sectional study

Introduction: Nursing is one of the occupations that are particularly prone to burnout due to a stressful environment. The aim of this study was to determine burnout in nurses in psychiatric wards. Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional descriptive study in which 123 nurses working in the psychiatric wards of Mehr Hospital in Khorramabad participated by census method. The data collection tool was the Maslach Standard Demographic and Burnout Questionnaire, which was completed by the participants using a porsline. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-V-24 and descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient. Significance level was considered 0.05. Results: The Mean± SD of burnout was 56.83 ±16.83. 30.9% of the nurses studied had moderate to high emotional fatigue, 68.3% had moderate to high metamorphosis and 100% of them had low success. There was a statistically significant relationship between gender and dimension of lack of success (P<0/05(. so that the severity of lack of success was higher in women than men.Conclusion: burnout was low in psychiatric nurses, but they were not in a good situation in the dimension of depersonalization. It is recommended to take measures to improve this dimension. The results of the present study provide the possibility of making a preliminary judgment about the burnout situation of psychiatric nurses.

Job burnout situation in nurses in psychiatric wards: a cross-sectional study Keywords:

Job burnout , Stress , Nurses , Hospital