Relationship between Job Burnout and Quality of Life of Operation Room Technologists in Educational Hospitals Affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2016-17

IntroductionOccupational consequences and their effects on the health of healthcare personnel have been investigated in several studies. Quality of life is affected by Job burnout, which can be caused by long-term exposure to occupational stress. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between job burnout and quality of life of operation room technologistsMaterial & MethodsIn this cross-sectional descriptive-analytic study, 125 operation room technologists were randomly selected. The data were collected using three questionnaires: Demographic, Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), and WHO Quality of Life-BREF with 26 items, and analyzed using Spearman correlation test in .SPSS-22 software, and the significance level was considered as p≤0.05ResultsThe mean of Job burnout score in terms of Intensity, frequency, and quality of life was 47. 88±17.50, 47. 95±17.42, and 63.1±18.57, respectively. There was an Inverse correlation between quality of life and .)job burnout in terms of Intensity (p<0.01) and frequency (p<0.05Conclusion burnout of employees can increase their quality of life and consequently prevent from the reduction of their productivity

Keywords:

Job Burnout , Quality of Life , Operation Room Technologist