Analysis of the situation and influential factors of job burnout among 166 nurses in Guangzhou, China

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the situation and influential factors of the job burnout among the nurses in Guangzhou, China. Methods: In April 2017, 166 nurses from 8 hospitals in Guangzhou were surveyed by applying the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) to investigate their Emotion Exhaustion (EE) , Depersonalization (DP) and Personal Accomplishment (PA) , and applying Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) to examine negative coping style and positive coping style based on group random sampling. Results: The nurses exhibited moderate burnout on both EE and DP, as well as severe burnout on PA. Compared with the nurses in the general hospitals, the nurses in the occupational disease hospital had lower scores on both EE and DP (t=-7.305, -3.442, P<0.01) , and they had higher scores on PA (t=2.597, P<0.05) . The married nurses had higher scores on EE (t=2.988, P<0.01) . The nurses in the disinfection supply department had higher scores on EE and lower scores on PA than the nurses in other departments (t=3.788, -3.990, P<0.01) . There was a significant difference on EE between different working age groups (F=3.225, P<0.01) . 6-10 years and 21-25 years of working age had higher scores on EE. Positive coping was negatively correlated with DP (r=-0.190) , and it positively correlated with PA (r=0.323) . Negative coping was positively correlated with both EE and DP (r=0.389, 0.293) .Hospitals types, negative coping style and positive coping style both entered the regression equation for EE (R(2)=0.368, P<0.01) and the regression equation for DP (R(2)=0.199, P<0.01) . Positive coping style and department types entered the regression equation for PA (R(2)=0.201, P<0.01) . Conclusion: Nurses in Guangzhou got moderate level on both EE and DP, lower level on PA. Hospitals types, department types, marital status, working ages and coping style are all the influential factors of job burnout.